Greater Noida: Paediatricians from across India on Monday discussed a roadmap to bring down the mortality rate of children under the age of 5 to less than 25 out of 1,000 born in a year by 2025.
“Every year, out of 1000 children, 55 die under the age of five years due to health complications. With the aim to reduce mortalities by 2025, paediatricians from across the country gathered at the 59th conference of Indian Academy of Paeditricians at Greater Noida,” said Dr Arvind Garg, a Noida-based paediatrician.
Doctors said they discussed a module for use by (Accredited Social Health Activist) and Anganwadi workers as a reference tool to identify over 100 diseases related to children. This is based on research done by 100 paediatricians in the last 10 years.
