India will miss its
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing maternal mortality rate to
109 per 1,00,000 live births, according to National Health Profile-2015, which
was released by Health Minister J P Nadda on 22nd August. Please read the report here
"From an estimated MMR (maternal mortality rate)
level of 437 per 1,00,000 live births in 1990, India is required to reduce MMR
to 109 per 1,00,000 births by 2015. At the historical pace of decrease, India
tends to reach MMR of 140 per 1,00,000 live births by 2015, falling short by 31
points," the report said.
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