“India has better progress if one compares it with the overall global progress made in maternal and infant mortality rate — MMR and IMR. If one looks at the global numbers, while the global ...

In 2010 the estimated maternal mortality rate was 287 000 where as in 1990 it was 543 000. Even though a significant reduction was seen, MDG target is not yet fully achieved. In last decade ...

New Delhi: Over the past three decades, India’s infant mortality rate has decreased by 75per ... the ministry highlighted that the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) decreased by 25 per cent ...

Mumbai: Annually, as many as 21 million pregnancies in India are unintended ... to collaborate with govt agencies to reduce maternal mortality rates by focusing on improving family preparedness ...