About CDR
One of the most important goals of National Health Mission is to improve Child Health and Development in all respect. Keeping this in mind Child Death Review is a step to establish a mechanism through which all child deaths are reported, investigated and accounted for. Child Death Review (CDR) leads to a better understanding of how and why children die and catalyzes actions to prevent other deaths.
The main purpose of the Child Death Review is to conduct a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of child deaths, and use the findings to take action that can prevent other deaths and improve the health and safety of children of the community.
Moreover, data on causes of neonatal and child deaths are also useful for health planners, administrators' and medical professionals to evaluate trends in causes of mortality over time and thus assess the impact of the on-going health programmes and to make a decision on allocation of resources for different strategies to prevent-and manage neonatal and childhood illness.
The main objective of Child Death Review is to Ensure the accurate identification and uniform, consistent reporting of the cause and manner of every child death and implement the CDR as per the state operational guideline.
