30Jul/12Off
LIBERIA: UNFPA Director Talks Maternal Health
Front Page Africa reported on 30 July that UNFPA’s Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, says that he has “zero tolerance for a situation where a woman dies giving birth.” On the eve of the country’s Independence Day, Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), visited the Redemption Hospital in Point Four, New Kru Town. There, while others around Monrovia prepared celebrations for the holiday, Osotimehin called attention to the issue of maternal health. “In the life of every country there are times of trial, and Liberia has gone through this period and is on the path of recovery,” Dr. Osotimehin was quoted as saying. Read in English: Front Page Africa