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New Delhi India has made substantial progress in reduction of child mortality but still accounts for almost 50 per cent of the world's malnutrition and neonatal deaths, a new UNICEF report stated.
Bringing good news in the field of children's health, the report shows that the number of children dying before the age of five in the world has fallen below the 10 million mark for the first time in 2006 with India registering a decline of 34 per cent.
In 2006, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday has settled at 9.7 million annually, the report released here on Tuesday said.
The under-five years of age mortality for India was estimated as 76 for the year 2006. India has made progress in reduction of child mortality with average annual rate of
reduction in under five mortality between 1990 and 2006 being around 2.6 per cent.
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Bringing good news in the field of children's health, the report shows that the number of children dying before the age of five in the world has fallen below the 10 million mark for the first time in 2006 with India registering a decline of 34 per cent.
In 2006, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday has settled at 9.7 million annually, the report released here on Tuesday said.
The under-five years of age mortality for India was estimated as 76 for the year 2006. India has made progress in reduction of child mortality with average annual rate of
reduction in under five mortality between 1990 and 2006 being around 2.6 per cent.
Read...