A study by ‘Save the Children’ has revealed that over three lakh new borns in India die within 24 hours of their birth every year.This is the highest number in the world.
The country thus accounts for 29 per cent of all such deaths,ahead even of Nigeria and Pakistan.
The report also claims that 420000 babies across South Asia die on their first day-almost one every minute.Chronic malnourishment which leads to mortal or physical impairment or stunting is severe in the region.
Bangladesh has reduced new born mortality by 49 per cent since 1990