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Figure 23: Delivery Care (for births in the 5 years before the survey): All States

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5

9.49 Health outcomes pertaining to the vaccination of the child and vitamin-A supplementation
improved remarkably in the states which adopted the PM-JAY as compared to the states which
did not adopt the PM-JAY. For example: proportion of children in the age group of 12-23 months
who have received BCG increased by 5 per cent in the PM-JAY states as compared to a decline
of 1 per cent in the non-PM-JAY states. Similarly, proportion of children belonging to the age
group of 9-35 months who received a vitamin A dose in the last six months increased by 5 per
cent in the PM-JAY states in comparison to a reduction of 8 per cent in the non-PM-JAY states
(Figure 24).

Figure 24: Child Vaccinations and Vitamin-A Supplementation: All States

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5
9.50 Even though minor, the PM-JAY also allowed for an improved treatment of the childhood
diseases among the children under the age of 5 years. The proportion of children with diarrhea
in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (oRS) increased by
9 per cent between the surveys in the PM-JAY states as compared to a 5 per cent increase in
the non-PM-JAY states. The proportion of children in the same category which received zinc
increased by 47 per cent and 42 per cent respectively. While the proportion of children taken to