Africa will not achieve MDGs - Skelemani
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The minister was addressing the press yesterday, after returning from the 17th Session of the Executive Council of Ministers and 15th Ordinary Session of the African Union held in Kampala, Uganda last month. The theme of the gathering was 'Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa'.
Skelemani said that his findings are that African countries are still lagging far behind and with very little progress to show regarding MDGs especially on health. However, he said that Botswana is not doing bad as it has been given 99 percent rating on children's health though there may be challenges that need to be dealt with such as seasonal outbreaks of cholera.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...