Over one million children under the age of 5 die every year in India
The major causes of under-five deaths in post-neonatal period are pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Apr 27, 2016, 12:47 PM IST16,000 children under age of five die every day: UNICEF
Nearly 5.9 million children will die before their fifth birthday this year mainly of preventable causes, a UN report has warned, though the child mortality rate has fallen by more than 50 per cent since 1990.
Sep 13, 2015, 15:52 PM IST