This report is an attempt to bridge information gap relating to health of the urban poor in Uttar Pradesh. The Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to generate information on health of the urban poor , UHRC analyzed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programmes aimed at improving their health status. This report is part of the series of state urban health reports for better informing the urban health
programming efforts in the respective states.