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National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

India's Key Health Data Source

The NFHS is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with technical support from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. It provides state and national-level data on health, nutrition, family planning, and child mortality.

Key details
  • NFHS-5 (2019–21): Covered 636,699 households across all 36 states and UTs; first NFHS to provide district-level estimates.
  • NFHS-5 key nutrition findings: 67.1% of children under 5 are anaemic; 7.7% of children under 5 are overweight (a rising trend).
  • The prevalence of abdominal obesity in India: 40% in women, 12% in men (NFHS-5).
  • NFHS rounds: NFHS-1 (1992–93), NFHS-2 (1998–99), NFHS-3 (2005–06), NFHS-4 (2015–16), NFHS-5 (2019–21).
  • India ranked 105th in the Global Hunger Index 2023 (out of 125 countries) — the GHI was contested by the Indian government as methodologically flawed.
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