Death rates in newborns remain shockingly high in Africa and India
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Neonatal mortality -- deaths in newborns, aged 3 weeks and under -- has declined in all regions of the world over the past two decades but in 2009, more than half of all neonatal deaths occurred in five countries -- India, Nigeria, Pakistan, China and the Democratic Republic of Congo.