Under-5 Mortality

There has been a four-point decline in the Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) during 2013-14, said Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday.

New Delhi:  The government said that it was on track to bring the Under-5 Mortality Rate down and achieve the Millennium Development Goal. The government on Tuesday released data from the Registrar General of India for the Sample Registration Survey for the year 2014. The data revealed that the under-five child mortality rate fell by an average o...

India is among the countries with the largest surplus of men and a worrying under-five sex ratio with more girls dying before the age of five than boys, according to a UN report.

There has been a four-point decline in the Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) during 2013-14, said Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday.

New Delhi:  The government said that it was on track to bring the Under-5 Mortality Rate down and achieve the Millennium Development Goal. The government on Tuesday released data from the Registrar General of India for the Sample Registration Survey for the year 2014. The data revealed that the under-five child mortality rate fell by an average o...

India is among the countries with the largest surplus of men and a worrying under-five sex ratio with more girls dying before the age of five than boys, according to a UN report.