16 February 2012

An extract from The Times of India

India's pioneering "Home-based New Born Scheme" has shown the world a new way to cut down on neonatal mortality (within 28 days of birth).

Almost 13 years after Dr Abhay Bang demonstrated a 62% reduction in neonatal mortality through multiple home visits in Maharashtra, the World Health Organization (WHO) has touted it as a global policy.In a neonatal health meeting held in Geneva last week, the WHO praised India's leadership in rolling out the scheme and asked all countries recording high neonatal mortality to introduce similar interventions.

Source: Kounteya Sinha, Times News Network

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