infant mortality rate

Leaving marks on the skin, SoaPen aims to promote thorough and regular hand-washing with soap among children.

mproved rates of female literacy, schemes that encourage women to give birth in hospitals, and increased spending on public health by the Indian government have all been significant factors in contributing to the falling death rates.

The state, usually in the news for terrorist activity and civil unrest, is estimated to have only nine deaths per 1000 live births, according to the health ministry report.