-Economic and Political Weekly
The pace of decline in infant mortality in India has quickened in recent years after the introduction of the National Rural Health Mission. However, the post-neonatal deaths have declined faster than the neonatal deaths despite the emphasis on preventing the latter in the health mission. Apart from a number of reasons, this is linked to the poor quality of the public health services in general, and the undernourishment and anaemia levels of pregnant women in particular.
K S James (james@isec.ac.in) is with the Population Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
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