INFANT MORTALITY RATE

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• Karnataka is aiming to bring down Infant Mortality Rate to single digit: CM

  Efforts are on a war footing to bring down MMR in the 5-6 districts, he said and appealed to the medical fraternity to join hands with the government in this endeavor.

  

• Girl child survival rate rises in Rajasthan

  A health department official said that since the state government is providing free medicines and diagnostic tests to the patients and has made the healthcare facilities accessible, people are now taking care of their girls in a better way by providing them adequate and timely treatment.

  

• J&K LG inaugurates UT's First Maternal and Child Health Conclave

  He urged the premier medical colleges, super-specialty hospitals and other health institutions to encourage research and new innovations at the grassroots level to further strengthen the health safety net in the UT.

  

• Jhalkari Bai women’s hosp gets pathology with latest facilities

  Hospital chief medical superintendent Dr Ranjana Khare said that with the new pathology, advanced testing facilities would be provided to patients.

  

• One in every 36 infants still dies before first birthday in India: Data

  The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), which is widely accepted as a crude indicator of the overall health scenario of a country or a region, is defined as the infant deaths (less than one year) per thousand live births in a given time period and for a given region.

  

• Uttar Pradesh's infant mortality rate down 37% since 2010

  Compared to an infant mortality rate (IMR) of 61 in 2010, UP's IMR was reported to be 38 in 2020. Experts called it a reason to smile as it means that life of at least 1.31 additional infants has been saved in the decade, with the decline in IMR being a multi-factorial outcome.

  

• Odisha reports highest decline in Infant Mortality Rate in country during 2005-2020

  With the decline of 39 points in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in between 2005 and 2020, Odisha tops in the decline point list in the entire country, officials have said.

  

• Implementation of national newborn screening program -- a game changer

  The benefits of newborn screening have not been fully understood hence, there is no coherent strategy for implementing the national screening program in India. The national level program will help to identify the infants who need urgent medical care at a much larger scale, which if left untreated may contribute significantly to the infant mortality rate.

  

• New Delhi: Infant Mortality Rate In City Improves In Last Five Years

  There has been a significant improvement in the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), or the number of deaths per 1,000 births, and Under-five Mortality Rate (UMR), or the number of children dying before age 5 per 1,000 births, in Delhi in the last five years.

  

• Treating premature new-borns with heart defects without surgery

  In India, eight out of every 1000 newborn babies suffer from heart defects which accounts for approximately 1.5 lakh infants born with congenital heart disease per year. About 10% of the infant mortality rate can be attributed to congenital heart disease alone.

  

• Rajasthan: Nurses given ‘tablets’ for safe deliveries in remote areas

  Under the efforts of district collector Ashish Modi, a unique initiative has been taken for safe delivery of pregnant women and to reduce infant mortality rate. For this, 30 ANMs have been provided the tablets so that using them, information can be exchanged with higher medical institutions that can play an important role in safe deliveries.