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SM Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Prevention of Birth Defects: A Priority for Nations

[ ISSN : 2573-3419 ]

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Received: 25-Apr-2016

Accepted: 26-Apr-2016

Published: 27-Apr-2016

Editorial | Volume 2 - Issue 2 | Article DOI :

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Hemonta Kr. Dutta¹*

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Assam, India

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Hemonta Kr. Dutta, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Assam, India, Email: hemontdut@gmail.com

Abstract

Under the aegis of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4), the global under five childhood mortality rate (U5MR) has declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2013. But despite these gains, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2013 was 4.6 million (74% of U5MR)

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Dutta HK. Prevention of Birth Defects: A Priority for Nations. SM J Pediatr Surg. 2016; 2(2): 1015.