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Article: 'Neonatal mortality rates need to be addressed'.
- Article from:
- The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2008
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By OUR STAFF REPORTERISLAMABAD, January 23 (THE NATION): Despite noticeable improvement in post-neonatal mortality, the neonatal (up to 28 days) mortality rates that contributes about 50pc of overall child mortality is very alarming and needs to be addressed as a focus area of the future.It was discussed in a meeting between Federal Health Minster Ijaz Rahim and the World Bank officials here on Wednesday.
The World Bank team made an important presentation to the Federal Health Minister on whether Pakistan was on track to achieve Health MDG1 (i.e. Nutritional Status of Children), MDG-4 (I.E. Infant and Child Mortality Rates) and MDG-5 (i.e. Maternal ...
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