Suparna Ghosh Jerath

TL;DR: The state-specific findings in this report indicate the effort needed in each state, which will be useful in tracking and motivating further progress, and similar subnational analyses might be useful for other low-income and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: A detailed analysis of subnational trends of child mortality to inform efforts aimed at meeting the India National Health Policy (NHP) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for child mortality is presented.

TL;DR: Socioeconomic status of the household, female illiteracy, health awareness and gender inequality were important determinants of coverage in this population, and efforts are also needed to address these issues in order to improve immunisation coverage in deprived urban communities.

TL;DR: Home births are frequent among the urban poor in India, highlighting the urgent need for improvements in the quality and hospitality of client services and need for family support as the key modifiable factors affecting over two-thirds of this population.

TL;DR: The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.