Kerala as good as US, OECD in saving newborn childrenRema NagarajanKerala’s infant mortality rate — number of children under the age of 1 who die for every 1,000 born — has been brought down to 6, equal to that of US and the average for developed nations. If India, with current IMR of 41 could get it down to 6, around 7 lakh children would be saved each year.

Source: Times of India March 02, 2017 19:46 UTC