A group of parliamentarians on Friday announced forming of a forum to improve child survival in India after India reported one-fifth of global deaths caused by pneumonia and diarrhoea among children. The forum has Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal and Jamshedpur MP Ajoy Kumar as conveners while many other parliamentarians have given support to it. ‘Pneumonia and diarrhoea are two diseases that are killing lakhs of children every year in India. What is even more unfortunate is that the target is often children with little or no access to medical attention. It is time we addressed this critical issue of child
