"Nearly 10 million newborn children die in the world ever year. Twenty-five percent of these are in India. And one-fifth of those who die are in Uttar Pradesh alone. In other words, every fourth child to meet a sad end is from India and every fifth Indian child dies in UP."
Times of India
And just as you would expect, The Gates Foundation is on it: Melinda Gates visits India
In America:
"Nearly one-in-five American women ends her childbearing years without having borne a child, compared with one-in-ten in the 1970s. While childlessness has risen for all racial and ethnic groups, and most education levels, it has fallen over the past decade for women with advanced degree."
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