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Principle I of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development states that “Human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature”. The goals of sustainable development cannot be achieved when there is a high prevalence of debilitating illnesses, and population health cannot be maintained without ecologically sustainable development. Two billion people or more in developing countries, mostly women and girls, are exposed to indoor air pollution due to lack of access to modern energy carriers, resulting in over 1.5 million excess deaths each year. Today, more than 1 billion people are without access to improved water supply, and 2.4 billion lack access to improved sanitation. Diarrheal diseases, largely preventable through access to safe drinking water, sanitation and food hygiene, claim 1.5 million lives a year among children less than five years and account for several billion diarrheal episodes each year. . The term ‘inclusive’ growth is often used interchangeably with a suite of other terms, including ‘broad-based growth’, ‘shared growth’, and ‘pro-poor growth’. Hence the researcher made an attempt to examine the health status of infants in Tamil Nadu. The secondary data was used to find out the health status of infants in Tamil Nadu. The indicators are infant mortality rate, neo natal mortality rate, postnatal mortality rate and perinatal mortality rate were taken and analyzed to find the exact stage of infants are at risk. The result reveals that the infants under perinatal mortality needs to addressed for mitigation of infant mortality rate in Tamil Nadu.


 

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