maternal mortality rate

In Odisha’s Ganjam district, the Nirikhyana initiative, led by Dibyajyoti Parida IAS, provides free ultrasound scans to rural pregnant women, bridging healthcare gaps and reducing maternal and neonatal deaths. This has helped reduce neonatal deaths to half in just two years.

“All it takes is unwavering dedication and commitment towards your work. I am very honoured and proud. I dedicate my Padma Shri award to my mother, sister and all those women and children who have been a part of my journey.”

Bihar’s immunisation cold chain network runs on 1,946 working cold chain equipment installed across 654 vaccine stores and cold chain points. But it is the women and men who handle and deliver the vaccines who have contributed to the vaccination in the state.