China's Maternal, Infant Mortality Rates Continue to Drop
Time:2024-05-21 12:14:51 Source:politicsViews(143)
- Home
- News
- People
- In-depth
- ACWF
China's Maternal, Infant Mortality Rates Continue to Drop
March 20, 2024BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) — In 2023, China registered a maternal mortality rate of 15.1 per 100,000, which is 10.7 percent lower than the figure from 2020, China's National Health Commission said Tuesday.
The commission also noted that in 2023, the infant mortality rate and mortality rate of children under 5 stood at 4.5 per 1,000 and 6.2 per 1,000, down 16.7 percent and 17.3 percent from 2020.
According to Shen Haiping, an official with the commission, China now has 3,491 emergency medical centers for pregnant and lying-in women in critical or serious condition. Furthermore, the country has established 3,321 emergency centers to provide timely medical attention to newborn babies.
The commission will continue to facilitate the enhancement of medical institutions' capacity to treat acute, critical and major illnesses, said Shen, adding that it will also help improve hospital services to cater to the needs of pregnant and lying-in women.
(Source: Xinhua)
32.3KPlease understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, information-communication website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. For copyright issues, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]. The articles published and opinions expressed on this website represent the opinions of writers and are not necessarily shared by womenofchina.cn.
Comments
Magazines
Projects
- 2023 Women Science and Technology Innovation Pioneer...
Photos
- People Enjoy Blooming Tulips in Jinan, East...
- Flowers Bloom Across China in Spring
Special Coverage
Previous:College baseball notebook: Conference tournaments to decide NCAA automatic bids and many at
You may also like
- Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
- Taylor Swift channels her bridal Grammy look in Fortnight video teaser
- Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP
- Italian court drops charges against migrant rescue ship crews and ends long
- Justin Timberlake set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia in 2025
- Gay 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy is canceled from anti
- Ruud advances to Barcelona semis after beating Arnaldi in straight sets
- Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI
- The government wants to buy their flood