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Infant mortality rates drop in Bihar

Infant mortality rates have dipped in Bihar.Government officials told rediff.com that the state had been able to match the national average on infant mortality.According to figures available, IMR......

Infant mortality rate declines in India

There has been a decrease of infant and maternal mortality rates in India, according to government data.   As per the latest Sample Registration Survey data, Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) has......

'Infant mortality rate not declining fast enough'

At the current rate of decline in the under-5 Infant Mortality Rate, India is not likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goalof bringing down the IMR to 40 per 1,000 live births for the year......

Infant mortality rate sees a sharp decline in Bihar

Another silent development is taking place in Bihar, the state hassignificantly reduced the infant mortality rate (IMR)from 61 to 48and is only 1 point below the national average of 47,officials......

'Pronouncements On Paper Don't Feed Babies'

'These children possess catastrophically low birth weights -- often 1.4 kgs or less. Such extremely low birth weight results in profoundly compromised neo-natal immunity.' 'The escalation to 97......

Govt to consolidate National Rural Health Mission

Governmentsaid on Thursday it would consolidate its flagship National Rural Health Mission programme and revive vaccine producing units in the public sector to support the immunisation programme.......

Social indicators: Here's where India lags Bangladesh, Nepal

India is the fastest growing economy after China, and is the fourth largest economy in purchasing power parity terms in the world, but lags neighbouring least developed countries like Bangladesh,......

30 countries with best living standards

There are not many countries that have high life expectancy, excellent school enrollment and lead in per capita income. Let's take a look at some of these countries. Source: London School of......

Ranbaxy, Daiichi start joint community initiative in India

Ranbaxy Laboratories and its parent Daiichi Sankyo on Friday announced a joint community initiative in India with the flag-off of two mobile rural healthcare service vans for Dewas in Madhya......

12th Plan aims at 8.2 per cent growth

The Full Planning Commission is all set to approve the 12th Plan document that seeks to raise the average annual economic growth during the five-year period ending March 2017 to 8.2 per cent from......

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