<p>The Health Nutrition and Population Sector programme (July 2004 to June 2011) reduced maternal deaths from 322 to 194 per 100,000 live births. Skilled birth attendance among the poorest increased from 3.4% to 9.2%. Deaths among under the age of five children reduced from 88 to 52 per 1,000 live births. Tuberculosis cure rate increased from 83.7% to 91%.</p><p>The project was implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with support from 20 development partners including the Department for International Development and the World Bank.</p>