Sharp rise in the number of deaths in Jharkhand indicated by IPHS. Almost three quarters of the population surveyed.
The door-to-door IPHS, planned to cover the entire 3.5 crore population of the state, was restricted to the rural areas and eventually covered 2.56 crore people, almost three-fourths of the population. The survey was conducted between May 25 and June 5 with the help of over 80,000 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse…