05.13.2020  /  PHFI Team
Under-5 mortality rate halved from 2000 to 2017

NEW DELHI: Two scientific papers on child survival published on Tuesday by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative depicted a significant decline — 49% — in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) between 2000 and 2017, but it pointed out inequality between states and wide variations between districts.

The Times of India

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