About 75 per cent of the world's under-five deaths in 2008 took place in only 18 countries.
Of this, half of the deaths occurred in only five countries - India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan and China
District Human Development Reports also shows slight improvement in life expectancy
THE State Planning Commission on Wednesday released the District Human Development Reports (DHDRs), which show a marginal improvement in life expectancy and infant mortality rates. The study was conducted in five districts: Thiruvannamalai, Sivaganga, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Dindigul.
NEW DELHI: With four lakh newborns dying annually within the first 24 hours in India and the nation being home to one in every three malnourished children in the world, it will not be able to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015.
Poor sanitation is responsible for the spread of a number of communicable diseases, resulting in lost productivity, reduced quality of life, and improvishment. Sanitation is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve public health.
This Save the Children report highlights the achievements and challenges in ensuring the survival of children under the age of five. Its publication coincides with the launch of the global campaign on newborn and child survival and serves to remind world leaders to honour their commitments to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4.
If you want to rank states, there are two broad roads to follow. First, you can administer questionnaires and respondents' reply to specific questions. However, this route presumes that respondents know about all the states you wish to rank. Typically, that doesn't happen. Respondents know about states they operate in (or are located in). Second, you can use objective data.
If you want to rank states, there are two broad roads to follow. First, you can administer questionnaires and respondents' reply to specific questions. However, this route presumes that respondents know about all the states you wish to rank. Typically, that doesn't happen. Respondents know about states they operate in (or are located in). Second, you can use objective data.
In a glaring act of negligence, for almost three years the Punjab government failed to provide mandatory supplements of iron and vitamin A to children born in the state. Vitamin A deficiency can not only cause night blindness, but also increase the risks of acute respiratory disorders as well as diarrhea, the two major causes of infant mortality in India.
