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90,000
Bihar kids die in first month of birth
Sunday December 05, 2010 02:26:03 PM,
IANS
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Patna: About 90,000
children die in Bihar every year within the first month of their
birth, state principal health secretary C.K. Mishra said here
Sunday.
"Every year in Bihar, about 90,000 children die within the first
month of life, that is, about 250 neonates dying every day. Most
of these deaths can be prevented," he said at the annual national
neonatal forum convention and national workshop on newborn health.
Most of the causes of neonatal deaths can be prevented and managed
by a set of interventions at household, community and health
facility levels, he said.
According to him, the Comprehensive Newborn Care Initiative (CNCI)
developed by the Bihar government with technical support from
Unicef and the National Neonatology Forum will be scaled up in all
38 districts across the state over the next three years.
"CNCI will provide for newborn care at every level and has the
potential to save up to 6,000 newborn lives every single year,"
Mishra said.
Unicef health experts lauded the government for achieving great
success in improving immunisation and institutional deliveries,
but urged the state to focus on the neonatal period for further
reduction in the infant mortality rate.
In Bihar, 2010 is being celebrated as the Year of the Newborn.
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