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How physicians can help with efforts to decrease child mortality in India

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Oct 2012 Volume: |

The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) calls for a reduction in childhood mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. A recent paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF’s Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group tracks worldwide progress in childhood mortality. The investigators found that the number of… 

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Preterm births on the rise in India and across the globe

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Aug 2012 Volume: |

Between 1990 and 2010, 48 out of 65 nations with reliable data in both the developed and developing world experienced an increase in preterm births, according to a recent study. Key Point: Preterm birth can lead to serious complications and death in the neonate. Physicians can counsel patients to lower… 

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