Minister says low birth weight key cause of children’s deaths in Thar
KARACHI: Provincial Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho has said that low birth weight is one of the major causes of the deaths of children in Thar as around half of the children die within one month of their birth.
“Around 50 per cent children die in Thar within one month of their birth and the leading causes of children's deaths are low birth weight, septicaemia and birth asphyxia or deprivation of oxygen at the time of birth,” the minister said while addressing a press conference.
The provincial health ministry was…