Ulaanbaatar
Infant mortality increases
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Infant mortality reached 244 in the first two months of 2015. It increased by 32 children or 15.1 percent, and under-five mortality was counted 287, increasing by 41 child or 16.7 percent compared to same period of the previous year.
A number of infectious disease cases were 12,301, representing increase of 6,770 or 122.4 percent compared to same period of 2015, due to increases of measles as 6,163 cases, although viral hepatitis cases decreased by 46 or 30.3 percent.
Totally, 38.8 billion MNT was issued from the Human Development Fund to 959.3 thousand children aged below 18 as a cash benefits, reports the State Registration and Statistics Agency.
