“What was so disturbing and far from factual in the report is that one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth and this is one of the highest maternal death rates in the world” Mohamed D. Koroma Deputy Health minister charged.
Koroma told Premier News newspaper on Wednesday that the whole report was ‘erroneous’ and an challenge not only to destroy effort by his ministry but the country as a whole. “Today in Sierra Leone every society can boast of a health center or birth attendants and there has never any report of people being refused treatment from them.”
Dr. Soccoh Kabia similarly said that international organizations including UNICEF, DFID, and Save the Children among others are intentionally ignoring latest statistics by the Macro International Company, a reputable American company in association with Statistic Sierra Leone.
Kabia revealed that the report does not in anyway reflect the current condition in his country. Kabia argued that maternal mortality has reduced from 2005 to 2008 which figures dropped 1300 to 857 which according to him is a refuse of 34% while the Under-5 mortality rate dropped from 265 to 140 in 2008 which is a 47% drop. He claimed that a lot of development has been done since their administration came to power.
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Koroma told Premier News newspaper on Wednesday that the whole report was ‘erroneous’ and an challenge not only to destroy effort by his ministry but the country as a whole. “Today in Sierra Leone every society can boast of a health center or birth attendants and there has never any report of people being refused treatment from them.”
Dr. Soccoh Kabia similarly said that international organizations including UNICEF, DFID, and Save the Children among others are intentionally ignoring latest statistics by the Macro International Company, a reputable American company in association with Statistic Sierra Leone.
Kabia revealed that the report does not in anyway reflect the current condition in his country. Kabia argued that maternal mortality has reduced from 2005 to 2008 which figures dropped 1300 to 857 which according to him is a refuse of 34% while the Under-5 mortality rate dropped from 265 to 140 in 2008 which is a 47% drop. He claimed that a lot of development has been done since their administration came to power.
useful links: transport rankings
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