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  Mizoram records 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate

  India | May 10, 2020 11:58 IST

  Mizoram has registered a 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2019-20 fiscal, making it to the second spot in the country after Nagaland. State health minister R Lalthangliana said the IMR has dropped from 15 per cent to 5 per cent (per 1000 live births), citing the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin.

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  154 infants die in 4 months in Kandhamal hospitals

  India | September 03, 2015 18:30 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): As many as 154 infants died in different hospitals in Kandhamal between April and July, reflecting the abysmal state of infant and child health care in the tribal-dominated district, which did not have

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  India unlikely to meet infant mortality rate target of 2015:UNICEF

  India | December 21, 2014 11:40 IST

  Kolkata: Going by the current pace of decline, India is unlikely to achieve its target of reducing the infant mortality rate to less than 39 per 1,000 live births by 2015-end, said a senior UNICEF