Child Mortality Rate

Spike in death rate in Kerala; highest infant mortality rate in urban areas

May 27, 2023

Spike in death rate in Kerala; highest infant mortality rate in urban areas

The infant mortality rate has come down from 5.13% to 5.05%

October 15, 2022
India 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, placed under 'serious' category

India's child wasting rate was recorded at 19.3 per cent, the highest in the world. Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (81) and Sri Lanka (64) have all fared better than India.
December 01, 2021
Women and child welfare under Chandy, Pinarayi: What the National Family Health Survey says

National Family Health Survey 2019-20 demonstrates that Kerala had considerably improved health and women empowerment under the LDF government.
March 05, 2020
Man abandons wife after newborn baby dies; local people come to her help

As soon as he learnt that the baby was no more, Sathyaraj abandoned his wife and went away.
February 21, 2019
Over 1,000 children died in 5 years at Adani-run Gujarat hospital

A committee was formed in May last year to probe the causes of the deaths.
November 24, 2018
Newborn tribal chokes to death while being breastfed

Of the 11 infant deaths in Attappady this year, six had died following complications after choking while being breastfed.
September 18, 2018
In a first, India's infant deaths go below one-million mark: UN

According to the UN report, the gender gap in child survival has reduced almost four-fold in the last five years.