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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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Practical advice on preventing maternal death due to postpartum hemorrhage

By Jeffrey Chapa, MD | Published: Apr 2012 Volume: |

Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death in India. The majority of these cases are preventable, but due to a lack of resources in many settings, maternal death rates in India remain higher than in other developing countries. The national maternal mortality rate in India is 254 per… 

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