Maternal, infant death prevention in Namibe

Angola: Namibe - Death Prevention Committee Set Up
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A provincial committee on prevention of maternal, infant death was set up Wednesday in Namibe province, southwest Angola ... The 13-member committee will operate under coordination of provincial vice governor, Maria dos Anjos Mahove, who will be assisted by the province's director for public health and control of endemics, Pedro Viyayauka ... "It is of our knowledge that at the world level our country is within the countries with the highest maternal and infant mortality rate, the reason why we want to reduce this rate", he said. In his turn, Namibe governor, Álvaro Boavida Neto, said the intention is to reduce as much as possible these deaths ...