Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday announced that the state government had aimed at reducing maternal mortality rate to less than 100 by the year 2010 from 162 per lakh live births at present.

In his inaugural address of the two-day meet on Millennium Development Goals with Focus on Maternal Mortality in South Asian Countries organised by the India Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development at Suraj Kund tourist complex in Faridabad district, Mr. Hooda disclosed that state government had introduced a number of schemes to reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality rates.

He had also given high priority to the promotion of clean and safe delivery practices especially in rural areas for making the Maternal Health Programme broad based and client friendly.

Source: CCMC, PunjabNewsline.com, 10 Jan 2008