Puri, Feb. 28 -- Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national President JP Nadda on Friday inaugurated the ninth National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices in the Public Healthcare System in Odisha's city of Puri.

Delivering his address, the Union Minister applauded the 'National Health Mission' and said that its progress in the country has been impressive.

Further, he also applauded the rate at which the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) had made progress in Odisha.

"The National Health Mission has done a very good job. I can say that our progress is very impressive...Just now there was a discussion about Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)...Today Odisha is moving ahead at a rapid pace in MMR and has established itself in ...