Infant mortality: Govt plans strict monitoring in districts

To ensure effective tracking of pregnant women and their newborn, the health department has assigned senior health officials to carry out monitoring in districts. Each of the 33 districts has been assigned to a health official above the rank of deputy director, including two IAS officers....  

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Indian girl rails against early, arranged marriages

Rekha Kalindi, 14, tells her story at a public awareness program in an Indian district. Her refusal to get married as a child has inspired national reform. (IBNS)

Lancet study on decline in child mortality incorrect, says NGO

A new study published in medical journal Lancet on accelerating decline in the deaths of children under five years between 2000 and 2010 as compared to 1990-2000 has got its figures wrong on India, says Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation.

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