The infant mortality is mainly caused by the gastro-enteritis and most of the i
ncide,nces wcre related to the bad quallty of the water. Of course, it is impor
tant to incrcasc the clean water usage rate, because thls will bring down the p
revalence of gastro-enteritis, and this will bring down the infant mortality ra
te. But it has been proved by the Brazilian research that it has a lot to do wi
th the knowledge on the part of mothers as to sanitation tmd health. So it is v
ery important that we have to teach the mothers on sanitatlon and how to keep t
helr family members healthy. As I have said that there is an inverse correla-ti
on in the reduction of the Infant Mortality Rate and the education rate of moth
ers, this is thc reason why it Is important to educate the mothers.
Now, I would like to talk on the second topic and focus on three countries whic
h may be representative of each three group in Asia (see Figure 7).
