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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2017 · 4 MIN

Mortality rate in Lesotho reaches a crisis

from General Podcast · host Channel Africa

Lesotho Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing says the rate of maternal mortality in the country has reached crisis proportions. The number of women dying during childbirth has more than doubled from 419 in 2001 to more than 1000 deaths for every 100,000 births in 2014. Metsing launched the 2015 Millennium Development Goals report and the country's programme for Sustainable Development Goals. Nthakoana Ngatane reports from Maseru

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