The problem of IMR & MMR is part of the Indian, “Social Complexity”. To totally bring it down we need to take vigorous direct and indirect systemic reform steps. There are myriad casual factors for the IMR/MMR which are outside the health sector. We can hardly put forward the definitive steps on this subject, realizing that we are seeking a, “mindset” change for a billion plus people. Of course there are as many health system failures.
Several key measures of a health system predict mortality in infants, children, and maternal mortality rates. Staying away from the statistical jugglery and by no stretch of imagination we can provide magical recipes to liberate a large nation like ours {with interstate, inter district, inter cluster and inter village differentials} from IMR/MMR. We have to remind ourselves constantly of the Key sociological features pertaining to India. India is a large…
