One lakh children in India die of diarrhoea annually: Lancet

May 14, 2013 12:46

Over 1,00,000 children, below the age of 11 months, die of diarrhoea annually in India which is the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia. India accounts for the highest number of diarrhoeal deaths, a latest study has suggested. Also on the Hindu, read.

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