South Africa: Molewa Urges SADC Ministers to Fight Child Mortality

17 July 2009

Pretoria — African countries need to come up with ways to tackle the growing challenge of infant mortality that has plagued the continent in the past few years, says Social Development Minister Edna Molewa.

"It's a challenge and an area we need to tackle as both the region and the continent," said the minister speaking on the final day of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Minister's Conference on Population and Development on Friday.

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