Himachal Pradesh, a Himalayan state of India, has become the 10th Indian state to achieve the target of two children per couple and not more. This means the state has achived total fertility rate of two or less children per couple. It recently received the congradulatory letter from Union Health Ministry.
State Health Department sources attributed the distinction to better health infrastructure in the state.
More than 75 percent of villages have accessibility to health sub-centres within a distance of three kms and 94.5 percent of them have a PHC within 10 kms, they said.
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