❖ Tamil Nadu’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) recorded a significant drop during 2023-24.

❖ MMR is declining by over six points to reach 45.5 per one lakh live births.

❖ Virudhunagar Health Unit District (HUD) recorded nil maternal deaths during the same period. 

❖ MMR has dropped from 52.2 per one lakh live births during 2022-2023 to 45.5 during 2023-24.

❖ Earlier, MMR dropped each year by two to three points.

❖ However, during 2023-24, the MMR dropped by 6.7 points.

❖ Norway had the lowest MMR at 1.8 per one lakh live births.

❖ Other European countries, such as Sweden and Finland, also have achieved the gold standard of having a single-digit MMR.