UNICEF’s “State of the World's Children Report 2019”

As per UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report 2019, the Under 5 Mortality Rate in India is 37 per 1,000 live births against Global average of 39 per 1,000 live births in 2018, which translates to more than 8 lakhs under 5 deaths in India.

As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2010-13 report of Registrar General of India, major causes of child mortality in India are:

• Prematurity & low birth weight (29.8%)
• Pneumonia (17.1%)
• Diarrheal diseases (8.6%)
• Other non-communicable diseases (8.3%)
• Birth asphyxia & birth trauma (8.2%)
• Injuries (4.6%)
• Congenital anomalies (4.4%)
• Ill-defined or cause unknown (4.4%)
• Acute bacterial sepsis and severe infections (3.6%)
• Fever of unknown origin (2.5%)
• All Other Remaining Causes (8.4%).

As per the UNICEF 2019 report, Globalization, urbanization, inequities, humanitarian crises and climate shocks are driving unprecedented negative changes in the nutrition situation of children around the world.

Published date : 12 Feb 2020 02:38PM