Odisha: CM calls for mission-mode action to curb maternal, infant mortality

Bhubaneswar, Oct 8 (UNI) Against the backdrop of Odisha's maternal mortality ratio rising to 153 per lakh live births and infant mortality standing at 30 per 1,000 live birth, state Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, today, directed the Health Department to adopt a campaign-mode approach to bring down mortality rates across Odisha. Chairing a high-level PRAYASS meeting at the state secretariat to review the state's social sector, Majhi stressed the need for a structured mechanism to identify and resolve complex problems at the grassroots level, with health, nutrition and quality education emerging as key focus areas. The CM directed the…