India accounts for maximum number of newborn deaths in Southeast Asia region. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), out of the total deaths in the region, more than 75 per cent of neonatal deaths are reported from India. The recent data by the international health agency revealed that out of 89,4000 neonatal deaths in 2015, India accounted for 69,6000 deaths followed by Bangladesh (74,000) and Indonesia (74,000 deaths). Ironically, with this pace, the WHO said that India will not be able to achieve Millenium Development Goals (MDG) 4 to reduce child mortality, MDG 5 to improve maternal health by 2015 and even the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), one of the targets to reduce newborn mortality to 12 per 1,000 live births by 2030. Read More at www.asianage.com