India unable to meet the MDG target on infant mortality; Pneumonia is the biggest cause

India has failed to meet the MDG of reducing infant mortality to 52 per 1,000 for 2015. Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) district secretary P S N Murthy said that WHO target could not be achieved and the biggest culprit for it was pneumonia. World Pneumonia Day is annually held on November 12 to raise …

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