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16 lakh children below age 5 die each year in India [1]

Being an Indian and below 5 years of age is a rather dangerous prospect right now. The odds seem to be piling up against Indian toddlers — a recent Unicef report has claimed that 16.55 lakh below-5 kids die each year in the nation, leading the world in child mortality.

According to the ‘Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012’, India’s under-five death toll is higher than the deaths in Nigeria, Congo and Pakistan put together. The killer diseases may be many — pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria figure as the top causes of death; but it all boils down to the nutrition of the mothers during pregnancy, and that given to the baby, say experts here.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2012
Anisha Francis [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Children [5], Child Health [6], Nigeria [7], Congo [8], Pakistan [9], Pneumonia [10], Diarrhoea [11], Malaria [12], Nutrition [13], Tamil Nadu [14], Malnutrition [15], National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) [16], Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) [17], Health Effects [18], Health [19]

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