Dramatic decline in infant mortality

This rapid decline in infant mortality is not surprising, argues Rolang Majelantle. In his paper titled ‘Infant and Childhood Mortality Levels and Trends in Botswana’, Majelantle says that successful government programmes such as the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT), the national Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) and nutrition made a significant contribution to the declines in both infant and childhood mortality.  

He also credited the improved socio-economic status of the population in the last decade, arguing that because of the improved education and employment prospects of the population, there has been an increase in access and utilisation of health services.