Decline in maternal mortality rate in State

Guwahati: 21st July 2013

Rated as one of the major health concerns in India, maternal mortality is slowly but steadily showing a dip, especially in the medical colleges of Assam.  While the rate of maternal mortality witnessed a fall from 0.69 per cent in 2011 to 0.52 in 2012 in the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the Jorhat Medical College too experienced a dip from .55 per cent in 2011 to 0.34 in 2012.

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