Shillong, Oct. 18 -- Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today said that the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Meghalaya has declined by more than 50 per cent in the last seven years.
Speaking at the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Women for Integrated and Sustainable Empowerment (WISE) at St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Sangma recalled that institutional deliveries were once below 50 per cent but have since risen to about 70 per cent.
WISE, a social action wing of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (RNDM), North East Province, primarily devoted to the welfare and empowerment of people, especially women, school dropout girls, domestic workers, SHG members and women in difficult circumstances.
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