Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that Guyana is still on pace to reach its MDG target in maternal health, but he observed that the country suffered a major setback due to “a rough four months” this year.
Guyana has had inconsistencies with respect to its progress on maternal health and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), he said, pointing out that the numbers have shifted from around 45 in the early 90s to just around nine deaths in 2008.
The “rough four months” he referred to means that Guyana’s maternal death rate has changed and is now at around 12 deaths per 10,000;
