Multiple choice general knowledge

Recently Human Rights Watch said "India uses misleading progress measures and in fact is falling behind other countries in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care". What does the Human Rights Watch mean by misleading progress measures?

  1. India has inadequate progress in the science of obstetric care

  2. India Government has shown poor performance in incentivise the women giving birth in public health facilities

  3. India lacks systemic information on whether rural clinics and district hospitals are able to provide adequate and timely care to save women with pregnancy-related complications

  4. India has no proper skilled birth attendants.

  5. None of them
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Explanation

Human Rights Watch criticized India's maternal health metrics for focusing on institutional delivery numbers without measuring whether those facilities can actually handle complications. The 'misleading measures' refer to counting women who give birth in hospitals without tracking if those hospitals have adequate emergency obstetric care, staff, or equipment to save women with pregnancy-related complications.

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