Lok Sabha Question No. 744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Death of Children due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 744 TO BE ANSWERED ON  14 TH DECEMBER, 2018

## DEATH OF CHILDREN DU E TO PNEUMONIA AND D IARRHOEA

## 744. SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of deaths of children caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in the count 2016- 18; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to bring down such deaths?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a):      Details of deaths in under - five children due to pneumonia and diarrhea in the country from 2016 - 18 is not maintained centrally.

However, a s per National Health Profile Reports for 2016, 2017 and 2018, information on deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhea in total population, State -wiseis Annexure d .

- (b): Under  the  Universal  Immunization  Programme  (UIP),  the  following  vaccines  are provi ded to prevent pneumonia and diarrhoea among children:
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) provides protection against pneumococcal pneumonia.  PCV  was  introduced  in  a  phased  manner  in  2017  and  is  available  in  Biha Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- Pentavalent vaccine (DPT+HepB+Hib) also provides protection against pneumonia.
- Measles  vaccine  protects  children  from  measles  disease  and  its  complications  such pneumonia.
- Rotavirus vaccine (RVV) provides protect ion against diarrhea. Presently the vaccine has been introduced for 11 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
- Besides vaccination, promotion and use of ORS and Zinc in the community, is carried out by ASHA workers. In order to prevent and manage Pneumonia in the community, training of peripheral workers in Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) is carried out.

| No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   | No of deaths caused due to Pneumonia and Diarrhoea from 2016-18   |
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| S No.                                                             | State/UT                                                          | Death due to Diarrhoea                                            | Death due to Diarrhoea                                            | Death due to Diarrhoea                                            | Death due to Pneumonia                                            | Death due to Pneumonia                                            |
|                                                                   |                                                                   | 2016                                                              | 2017                                                              | 2018                                                              | 2016                                                              | 2018                                                              |
| 1                                                                 | A & N Islands                                                     | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2017 13 21                                                        | 9                                                                 |
| 2                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 11                                                                | 50                                                                | 31                                                                | 25 346                                                            | 159                                                               |
| 3                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 2                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 3 1                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 4                                                                 | Assam                                                             | 282                                                               | 239                                                               | 164                                                               | 133 127                                                           | 79                                                                |
| 5                                                                 | Bihar                                                             | 8                                                                 | 19                                                                | 3                                                                 | 18 11                                                             | 12                                                                |
| 6                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                        | 61                                                                | 42                                                                | 25                                                                | 113 175                                                           | 84                                                                |
| 7                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 33                                                                | 25                                                                | 7                                                                 | 39 27                                                             | 29                                                                |
| 8                                                                 | D & N Haveli                                                      | 12                                                                | 12                                                                | 0                                                                 | 37 31                                                             | 8                                                                 |
| 9                                                                 | Daman and Diu                                                     | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0 0                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 10                                                                | Delhi                                                             | 115                                                               | 117                                                               | 12                                                                | 927 875                                                           | 196                                                               |
| 11                                                                | Goa                                                               | 4                                                                 | 11                                                                | 0                                                                 | 0 106                                                             | 26                                                                |
| 12                                                                | Gujarat                                                           | 0                                                                 | 28                                                                | 0                                                                 | 5 4                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 13                                                                | Haryana                                                           | 14                                                                | 20                                                                | 24                                                                | 10 11                                                             | 16                                                                |
| 14                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 56                                                                | 26                                                                | 7 127                                                             | 107                                                               | 45                                                                |
| 15                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                   | 0                                                                 | 5                                                                 | 1                                                                 | 5 11                                                              | 7                                                                 |
| 16                                                                | Jharkhand                                                         | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 4 5                                                               | 3                                                                 |
| 17                                                                | Karnataka                                                         | 4                                                                 | 15                                                                | 3 353                                                             | 248                                                               | 61                                                                |
| 18                                                                | Kerala                                                            | 15                                                                | 6                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 67 33                                                             | 13                                                                |
| 19                                                                | Lakshwadeep                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0 0                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 20                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 122                                                               | 102                                                               | 14                                                                | 152 102                                                           | 33                                                                |
| 21                                                                | Maharashtra                                                       | 52                                                                | 23                                                                | 11                                                                | 3                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 22                                                                | Manipur                                                           | 21                                                                | 18                                                                | 5 8                                                               | 0 0                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 23                                                                | Meghalaya                                                         | 30                                                                | 4                                                                 | 4                                                                 | 112                                                               | 18                                                                |
| 24                                                                | Mizoram                                                           | 16                                                                | 11                                                                | 198 79                                                            | 41                                                                | 19                                                                |
| 25                                                                | Nagaland                                                          | 0                                                                 | 3                                                                 | 2 0                                                               | 0 0                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 26                                                                | Odisha                                                            | 104                                                               | 78                                                                | 8                                                                 | 232                                                               | 69                                                                |
| 27                                                                | Puducherry                                                        | 5                                                                 | 7                                                                 | 334 4 31                                                          | 56                                                                | 25                                                                |
| 28                                                                | Punjab                                                            | 44                                                                | 35                                                                | 15 21                                                             | 24                                                                | 15                                                                |
| 29                                                                | Rajasthan                                                         | 7                                                                 | 1                                                                 | 109                                                               | 58                                                                | 38                                                                |
| 30                                                                | Sikkim                                                            | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1 1                                                               | 5 3                                                               | 0                                                                 |
| 31                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                        | 9                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 3                                                                 | 25 0                                                              | 133                                                               |
| 32                                                                | Telangana                                                         | 19                                                                | 1                                                                 | 0 18                                                              | 5                                                                 | 1                                                                 |
| 33                                                                | Tripura                                                           | 6                                                                 | 6                                                                 | 7 25                                                              | 27                                                                | 3                                                                 |
| 34                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 304                                                               | 302                                                               | 95                                                                | 171 138                                                           | 52                                                                |
| 36                                                                | West Bengal                                                       | 192                                                               | 115                                                               | 10 35 401                                                         | 339                                                               | 286                                                               |
| 35                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                       | 7                                                                 | 6                                                                 | 5                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 |