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India accounts for nearly a fifth of the world’s child deaths. In terms of numbers. it is the highest in the world – nearly 16 lakhs every year. Of these, more than half die in the first month of life. Officials believe that the reason for this is the absence of steps to propagate basic health practices relating to breastfeeding and immunization. Also, the large reproductive population of 2-6 crore remains bereft of care during the critical phases of pregnancy and post-delivery. added to this is the prevalence of child marriage, anaemia among young women and lack of focus on adolescent sanitation, all of which impact child death rates.