Child health
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17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than six million children still die before their fifth birthday each year.
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Since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths.
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Despite global progress, an increasing proportion of child deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Four out of every five deaths of children under age five occur in these regions.
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India’s Under Five Mortality (U5MR) declined from 125 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 49 per 1,000 live births in 2013.
Maternal health
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Globally, maternal mortality has fallen by almost 50% since 1990.
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In Eastern Asia, Northern Africa and Southern Asia, maternal mortality has declined by around two-thirds. But, the maternal mortality ratio – the proportion of mothers that do not survive childbirth compared to those who do – in developing regions is still 14 times higher than in the developed regions.
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Only half of women in developing regions receive the recommended amount of health care.
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From a Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 437 per 100,000 live births in 1990-91, India came down to 167 in 2009. Delivery in institutional facilities has risen from 26% in 1992-93 to 72% in 2009.
HIV/AIDS
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By 2014, there were 13.6 million people accessing antiretroviral therapy, an increase from just 800,000 in 2003.
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New HIV infections in 2013 were estimated at 2.1 million, which was 38% lower than in 2001.
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At the end of 2013, there were an estimated 35 million people living with HIV.
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At the end of 2013, 240,000 children were newly infected with HIV.
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India has made significant strides in reducing the prevalence of HIV and AIDS across different types of high-risk categories. Adult prevalence has come down from 0.45 percent in 2002 to 0.27 in 2011.