Dear fellow citizens, The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) tasked by India’s Health Ministry, to conduct the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), an important pan-Indian survey that influences health policy making, has quietly dropped the questions on disability <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-drops-disability-related-questions-from-national-family-health-survey/articleshow/100526666.cms> (and anaemia <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nfhs-6-not-to-measure-anaemia-as-experts-point-out-method-is-faulty/articleshow/100538418.cms> and who knows what else!) from the upcoming NFHS-6 scheduled to commence on 3 July 2023.
Despite frequent meetings with DEPwD, DGHS, NHSRC from February 2023, by the disability sector's representatives, with the aim of improving on NFHS-5's questions on disability; both disability and anemia components have been dropped on flimsy grounds. We have been presented with a fait accompli without the courtesy of an intimation. Additionally, not only has there been no civil society representation in the Technical Advisory Committee, the 4 questionnaires (household, woman, man, biomarker) are not yet in the public domain, though training is on in full swing. Do insist that essential information sought in the past is continued with NFHS-6. *Send the attached representation by email and remind our representatives, that it's a question of inclusion* that key characteristics are not dropped. *While the questions on disability, introduced in NFHS-5 on the request of the Social Justice Ministry, require extensive discussion and expansion to reflect a range of disabilities, they must at the very least, at this late stage, be restored. * Regards, Team DRA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/MhaNewsViewsIndia/CAN7%2Bzvrh0WXBGGBTFfSmD6q8PshxOEPod9SZ11ae79AXqQi0WA%40mail.gmail.com.
20230529 Representation NFHS6 disability data Inclusion ltr.docx
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