The remedy for India’s high Infant Mortality Rate is to increase investment in primary health care

India’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Under-five mortality rate (U5MR) are not showing any significant decline, and hence, India‘s rank for IMR/U5MR performance globally continues to remain in the bottom quarter of all countries despite our robust economic growth rates. The only way this can be remedied is to invest much more in primary healthcare, ICDS, mid-day meals and MGNREGA to secure the health and nutrition of its citizens, and especially children.
The remedy for India’s high Infant Mortality Rate is to increase investment in primary health care
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