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Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...02 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST- Health services, medical education expansion to be driven by modern tech: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...26 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
- India ready to provide technical guidance, support in maternal, child healthcare: NaddaIndia is a leader in delivering healthcare interventions with fairness. Union Health Minister JP Nadda highlighted this at the World Health...20 May, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
- UN report lauds India’s sharp decline in child mortality ratesIndia leads in reducing child deaths. A UN report highlights India's success in improving child survival. Significant drops in under-five a...18 Mar, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
- India sees improvement in maternal, child health indicators, says 2021 SRS reportIndia has made remarkable strides in maternal and child health between 2014 and 2021, with significant declines in MMR, IMR, NMR, and U5MR....10 May, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
- Make our children live long and prosperChina, figures show, has registered an impressive improvement in child mortality rates. Under-5 mortality in China is now comparable to tha...16 Jan, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
- India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UNThe 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record...09 Sep, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
- Why govt hospitals have such high child mortality rateWith lower levels of our public health system defunct, tertiary care centres are acutely burdened. Combined with malnutrition and biting co...04 Jan, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
- India had world's highest child mortality rate in 2015: Lancet studyHowever, among India's states, great disparities remained: The highest mortality rate in Assam was more than seven times that in Goa.15 May, 2019, 12.17 PM IST
- 42 per cent global child deaths due to diarrhoea in India, NigeriaLancet study finds that diarrhoea is the fourth leading cause of death for children and responsible for 8.6 per cent of all deaths of child...02 Jun, 2017, 10.57 PM IST
- India's child mortality rate 48 deaths per 1000 live birthsAccording to World Bank data of 2015, country's under-five child mortality rate is 48 deaths per 1000 live births. Afghanistan has the high...25 Feb, 2016, 04.59 PM IST
- 'Bring boys along' in women's empowerment: UnicefReducing infant and maternal mortality rate in India will not be possible if men do not change their mindset and are not involved in the em...27 Aug, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
- 'India unlikely to meet infant mortality rate target of 2015'"At this current rate of decline it seems it will be difficult for India to reach the target of less than 39 per 1,000 live births by the e...21 Dec, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
- Child mortality among scheduled tribes almost double than national averageOram said the higher mortality appears to be due to low childhood immunisation amongst the STs, including particularly vulnerable tribal gr...08 Dec, 2014, 02.38 PM IST
- Child mortality gap narrows in developing world: StudyThe child-mortality gap has narrowed between the poorest and wealthiest households in a majority of more than 50 developing countries, a ne...10 Nov, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
- Rajasthan has second highest number of child marriagesTwo out of every five married person in Rajasthan are below the age of 18, UNICEF Child Officer in the state Sanjay Nirala said at a worksh...31 Oct, 2014, 11.09 PM IST
- India accounts for highest newborn deaths: UNICEFMore than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...22 Jan, 2008, 09.35 PM IST
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