Tutti i temi: Mortalità infantile

30.10.2006 On an average, more than 400 infants below the age of one die in Bihar on any given day. According to Unicef, nearly two-thirds of infant deaths occur during the first month of the child’s life. Timely intervention could help save these lives, thus reducing the state’s abysmal infant mortality rate, reveals a survey conducted by the UN children’s aid body.

10.10.2006 At the current rate of decline in the under-5 Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), India is not likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of bringing down the IMR to 40 per 1,000 live births for the year 2015, according to a UNICEF report.