Tribal Populations Health Conditions : Lacking Data
A Parliamentary Committee (on the empowerment of women) tabled a report criticizing the Union government for lacking disaggregated data on tribal populations’ health conditions and emphasized the need for comprehensive data collection.
Highlights of the Report:
- The report highlights the absence of detailed data on the health conditions of tribal populations in the country.
- Early marriage in tribal women causes early pregnancy and other general health risks.
- The report highlights how tribal women suffer from malnutrition, a high infant mortality rate (over 41%), and communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis etc (NHFS-5)
- More than half of tribal women of reproductive age suffer from anaemia
- An online portal is being established for tribal people to register for diseases, allowing targeted interventions.
- However, the committee critiques the online portal and suggests setting up self-help kiosks for easier registration.
