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#BiharCurrentAffairs Bihar's first forestry college in Munger district Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on 07 Feb, 2023 inaugurated newly constructed buildings of state’s first forestry college at Munger Sadar block headquarters during his ‘Samadhan Yatra’ in the same district. The foundation stones for the forestry college were laid by Nitish Kumar on September 25, 2019.

#BiharCurrentAffairs Kala-azar ‘eliminated’ from all blocks of Bihar While Bihar has over 67% of kala-azar cases in the country, but all the blocks of state achieved the target of its elimination in 2022, for the first time ever. However, in order to be declared kala-azar free, the state has to maintain this target for three consecutive years. If any block has less than one case per 10,000 of its population, then it is said to have achieved the elimination target. However, validation is done after three years. Even though Bihar has managed to reduce the numbers and come out of the category of endemic, it has the highest cases of kala-azar as well as the deaths due to it in the country. As per the data shared by the National Centre for Vector-borne Diseases Control, there were 547 cases of kala-azar in Bihar till December 2022, out of total 810 cases across the country. Also, out of total 39 kala-azar deaths reported in 2022, maximum 26 were in Bihar.

In earlier exams BPSC used option E as an precaution but this time (D) None of the above and (E) More than one of the above were used as an answer in many questions deliberately.

#BiharCurrentAffairs बिहार में बढ़ रहा संस्थागत जन्म केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय द्वारा प्रकाशित स्वास्थ्य प्रबंधन और सूचना प्रणाली (एचएमआईएस) की विश्लेषणात्मक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, संस्थागत प्रसव में 2021-22 में मामूली वृद्धि देखी गई, जिसमें 86.7% पंजीकृत गर्भवती महिलाएं प्रसव के लिए स्वास्थ्य केंद्रों में गईं। बिहार, 2020-21 के आंकड़ों की तुलना में जब 86.2% महिलाएं प्रसव के लिए स्वास्थ्य संस्थान गईं। आंकड़ों के अनुसार, राज्य संस्थागत प्रसव में नीचे से चौथे या गर्भवती महिलाओं के घर पर अपने नवजात शिशु को जन्म देने में ऊपर से चौथे स्थान पर था। आंकड़े बताते हैं कि बिहार में 13.3% प्रसव घर पर होते हैं, जिससे मां और शिशु दोनों को खतरा होता है। जबकि दक्षिणी राज्यों ने लगभग 100% संस्थागत प्रसव के साथ इस मानदंड में एक बेंचमार्क हासिल किया है, उत्तर-पूर्वी राज्य सबसे खराब प्रदर्शन करने वालों में से थे।

#BiharCurrentAffairs Institutional Births on the Rise in Bihar As per the analytical report of health management and information system (HMIS) published by Union ministry of health and family welfare, the institutional deliveries showed a marginal increase in 2021-22 with 86.7% of the registered pregnant women going to health centres for delivery in Bihar, compared to 2020-21 data when 86.2% of women went to the health institution for delivery. As per the data, the state was fourth from the bottom in institutional deliveries or fourth from the top in pregnant women delivering their newborn at home. The data suggests that 13.3% of deliveries in Bihar happened at home, posing risk to both the mother and the infant. While southern states have achieved a benchmark in this criterion, with almost 100% institutional deliveries, north-eastern states were amongst the worst performers.

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