Modi's Gujarat lagged behind the other big states in India in tackling infant mortality, poverty and illiteracy.
Under Modi, it has lagged behind the other major states in India in tackling infant mortality, in reducing poverty, and in increasing literacy.
TLC has tackled infant beauty pageants, extreme couponers and polygamist families, and now the network is going behind the scenes of competitive cheerleading with "Cheer Perfection".
Tackling infant, child and maternal mortality is one of the most urgent tasks that need to be prioritised by the state.
Improving primary health care for mother and children is seen as a critical aspect to tackling infant, child and maternal mortality in Indonesia, and UNICEF's efforts place emphasis on - amongst others - building technical capacity and skills, monitoring of nutrition, enhancing the role of midwives, and working with health authorities to improve resource allocations for key health interventions.
Efforts to tackle malnutrition in infants and children have met with mixed success.
All of this is a testament to the passion of scientists and doctors who tackle the problems of infant mortality, and breathe life into the words of JFK.
It is the most effective tool to tackle such problems as infant and maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, child trafficking and exploitation.
In 2000, the UN launched an ambitious set of targets, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to tackle poverty, hunger, diseases, infant and maternal mortality, access to education, environment issues, gender equality and HIV, among other areas.
1 The UK government has made major attempts to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality by setting a public service agreement target in 2003 to reduce the relative deprivation gap in England and Wales by 10% by 2010. 3 However, recent evidence indicates that this target is unlikely to be achieved and the relative deprivation gap may be widening.
