Shimla: Infant mortality rate has declined from 45 to 40 per thousand in Himachal as per the report of the Sample Registration Survey (RS) conducted by the Health Ministry, state Health Minister Rajiv Bindal said on Saturday. The Infant Mortality rate (IMR) was stagnating at 45 for some years but the government succeeded in breaking this barrier by adopting new policies and launching new initiatives, he said. The report released...
08:36 AM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: More and more children are now living to see their fifth birthday as the child mortality rates have dropped by a third since 1990, the latest under-five mortality estimates released by Unicef said on Friday. However, the tragedy of preventable child deaths continues as 22,000 children below five still die each day in a few countries and half of the deaths are in just five - India, Nigeria,...06:28 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Over 4 lakh newborns die in the first 24 hours of their life. ...10:59 PM, Oct 05, 2009
IMR means the number of babies dying within the first year of life. ...02:09 PM, Jun 25, 2009
Infant Mortality Rate in the country also dropped marginally to 58 per one lakh in 2004 as against 60 in 2003. ...11:30 PM, Oct 31, 2006
A UNICEF survey revealed that timely intervention can help save thousands of lives and reduce child mortality rate. ...06:39 PM, Oct 24, 2006
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