Africa will not achieve MDGs - Skelemani

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.