With the West Demerara Regional Hospital being the only public facility providing basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC), a new report recommends the upgrade of government-run hospitals performing deliveries in order to boost maternal and newborn care.
The report was launched yesterday under the theme “Universal Access to Repro-ductive Health Services,” at the Ocean View Convention Centre, East Coast Demerara, to coincide with World Population Day.
The report, which gives a detailed assessment of all maternity facilities in Guyana during the year 2010, was supported by non-governmental organisations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Pan American Health Organisa-tion (PAHO) and the
