NEW DELHI: Belying concerns raised by several quarters, the government asserted that the country is well on course to meet the Millennium Development Goals of achieving the under-five mortality rate of 42 per 1,000 live births and infant mortality rate of 28 by next year. Union Health Ministry officials said key interventions are being made under the National Health Mission to bring down the mortality rate of children across all the states. These include promotion of institutional delivery, newborn care, capacity building by training doctors and other staff members. With these interventions, India is likely to achieve the MDG4 target of under-five mortality rate of 42 per 1,000 live births by next year, the target date of the UN-led programme, the officials said.

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