India's child mortality rate lags world, disease incidence world's highest

The SDGs set a target of less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030

This nugget is from The Stories Behind The Data 2017, a new report on global progress released by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation about global effort to fight poverty and disease.

The report tracked 18 data points that were included in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. We compared India’s performance with the global average on certain health indicators.

India pares maternal deaths, lags world in reducing neonatal, under-five deaths

Maternal mortality ratio:

By 2013, India’s