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UNICEF's Neonatal Mortality Report
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- According to a new UNICEF report, India’s neonatal mortality rate at 25.4 deaths per 1,000 live births makes it 12th worst among 52 “lower middle-income countries” that pose risk for the newborns.
- NMR is the probability of dying during the first 28 days of life, expressed per 1,000 live births.
- Globally, 2.6 million children died in the first 28 days of life in 2016.
- With this, India is ranked below Sri Lanka (127), Bangladesh (54), Nepal (50) and Notably, India is ranked behind poorer countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal and Rwanda.
- In India 6 lakh children died within the first 28 days of their birth in 2016.
- India is also the only major country in the world to have a higher mortality for girls than boys.
- Kerala and Goa have neonatal mortality rates of ten per 1,000 live births, the figure for Bihar and Uttarakhand stands at 44 per 1,000.
- The report also noted that India is currently not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goaltargetfor neonatal mortality of 12 by year 2030.
- The average newborn mortality in low-income nations is nine times the rate of high-income countries.
- In low-income countries, the average newborn mortality rate is 27 deaths per 1,000 live births.
About UNICEF
- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is special program of the United Nations headquartered in New York City. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group (UNDP).
- It was created by the UN General Assembly on the 11th of December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.
- It is devoted to aiding national efforts to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children.
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