India accounts for 3,09,000 baby deaths every year on the first day of their birth, 29 per cent of such deaths around the world. What are the factors responsible for this and how can it be fixed? Save the Children's advocacy director Nirupama Sarma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. What are the factors responsible for this and how can it be fixed? Asked by: yamini
A. The fact that India alone accounts for 29 percent of the world's newborn deaths is a big challenge but at the same time an opportunity to change things too. Many challenges remain including overlapping government structures, lack of accountability of service providers, inequities in service delivery, health worker shortages and capacities, rapid urbanization and policies that currently prohibit the use of some of the most effective interventions to save babies, such as chlorhexidine, Kangaroo Mother Care and antenatal steroids....
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