'Child Survival And Safe Motherhood' - The Hard Road Ahead
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Taking cognisance of the prevailing high maternal and child mortality in the country, India's latest (Eighth) Five Year Plan has adopted an ambitious programme for 'Child Survival and Safe Motherhood (CSSM)'. The major objectives of this programme are the reduction of IMR to 50, underfive mortality to 70, maternal mortality t~ 200, and crude birth rate (CBR) to nine. The targets for service-coverage include 100 per cent of antenatal care as well as child-spacing information, an effective couple protection rate of 65 per cent, and 100 per cent deliveries by trained attenGants.
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