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Key Points

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World Health Organization chief highlighted gains in maternal and child health.

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Institutional deliveries increased from 78% to 93%.

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Expanded immunisation programs lower child deaths.

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Accredited Social Health Activist workers extend health services to remote areas.

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Ayushman Arogya network provides screening for hypertension, diabetes, and cancers.

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Summary

More mothers and children are getting vaccines and safe hospital births.

Community health workers called Accredited Social Health Activist help families get care.

Special health centers bring checks for blood pressure, sugar, and common cancers nearby.

India is also fighting tuberculosis and keeping medicines safe.

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New Words to Learn

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World Health Organization
The global group that works to keep people healthy
maternal
about mothers
noncommunicable diseases
illnesses like heart disease or diabetes that don’t spread
screening
testing people to find health problems early
hypertension
when blood pressure is too high
diabetes
a disease that makes it hard to control blood sugar
cancers
serious illnesses where cells grow badly
immunisation
getting shots that protect you from getting sick
institutional deliveries
babies being born in a hospital or clinic
mortality
death
tuberculosis
a disease that hurts the lungs
regulation
rules that make sure medicines are safe
traditional medicine
old ways of treating illness that have been used for a long time
Accredited Social Health Activist
local health workers who visit families
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