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Article: High mortality rates among women, children worry Zambian gov't
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 19, 2006
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High mortality rates among women, children worry Zambian gov't
LUSAKA, Oct.19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Zambian government official
has expressed concerns over the high mortality rates among women and
children in the country, saying the figures were "displeasing".
Newly-appointed Health Minister Angela Chifire said here on
Thursday that the high mortality rates were not health to the
country, especially as it tries to attain the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
"Zambia today is ranked among the worst performing countries
especially with reference to maternal health. These statistics are
displeasing and we must change the situation," Chifire said at a
meeting called ...