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CHILDREN STUNTED IN SRI LANKA: The infant mortality rate (IMR) of Sri Lanka, as per the latest demographic and health survey 2006-2007, is 15 per 1,000 live births. The IMR was 12 per 1,000 live births in 2005. In the same year, IMR in India was 56. The survey also shows that 22 per cent of children are underweight, 18 per cent are stunted and 15 per cent show signs of wasting. Authorities fear the figure could be distorted, since the survey left out five districts in northern province

Publication Date: 
14/09/2008
Down to Earth [2]
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Malnutrition [3], Infant mortality [4], Health [5], Child Health [6], Sri Lanka [7]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka