Infant mortality rate (IMR) and under five mortality rate (U5MR) are vital indicators of the health of a population. Included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they are, together with health and nutrition status, considered significant indicators of child well-being. In India, during...
Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) of a nation is widely accepted and a long-standing indicator of their children. In 2017, the sex-specific under-five mortality rate was 39 per 1,000 live births for male and 40 per 1,000 live births for females. India U5MR decrease from 124 per 1000...
Under-five mortality rate (U5MR) is the ‘probability of dying between birth and fifth birthday’, expressed per 1000 live births [1, 2]. It is one of the basic indicators of overall development of a nation and country’s socioeconomic status, quality of life and child health [2, 3]....
Although India has made considerable achievements in reducing infant and child mortality over the past 20 years, the episodes of preventable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia remain high. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4, about 9% of under-five children had diarrhoea ...
Overall, under-five mortality rates during the period 1992–2011 remained stagnant due to increasing neonatal mortality rate (9.2 to 27.7 P < 0.001). Mortality rates among girls were consistently and significantly higher than boys during the post-neonatal period (160% to 200% higher) as well ...
India currently has an infant mortality rate (IMR) of 73 and aims to reach 60 per 1000 live births by 2000 A.D. The "at risk" approach which has been traditionally used for Maternal and Child Health services could help to reduce costs. The main objective of the study was to identity ...
Severe acute malnutritionHIVUnder-5 mortalityBackground The under-five mortality rates of children in South Africa (SA) remain high despite successful HIV ... S Ndlovu,C David-Govender,PNKL Tinarwo - 《Bmc Nutrition》 被引量: 0发表: 2022年 Prevalence of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) among...
Table 1. Mortality rates in early neonates, neonates, infants, children aged 1–4 years and under 5 years in Xicheng district, Beijing, China, 1991–2022. YearGenderLive birthsEarly neonatesNeonatesInfantsChildren aged 1–4 yearsUnder 5 years DeathsRate (‰)DeathsRate (‰)DeathsRate (‰)Deaths...
Mortality under five years is an important indicator and a significant index for assessing the health and general wellbeing of a country. Even though global efforts to reduce under-five mortality have yielded some positive results, the rates are still hi
Addressing the media here yesterday, Anuradha Gupta, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission said India's decline in Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) during 2005-10 has accelerated to an average of 7.National summit on ' Call to Action for Child Survival' to be...