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13 children die of diarrhoea every hour in India

On: July 13, 2016

NEW DELHI: Around 328 children under 5 years of age die of diarrhoea every day, latest assessment by the health ministry shows. This has prompted the ministry to intensify its diarrhoea control programme to reach out to over 10 crore children with ORS solution this year from 6.3 crore lastContinue Reading

Madhya Pradesh: Aadhaar cards for newborns to check infant mortality

By: Matters India

On: June 30, 2016

In: National

Bhopal: Increasing cases of infant mortality in Madhya Pradesh have forced the health department to begin a monthly Child Death Review (CDR). Madhya Pradesh topped the country in infant mortality rate (IMR) for the 12th successive time with 52 deaths of children less than one year of age per 1,000Continue Reading