15Oct/09Off
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/HAITI: Authorities Seek To Reduce Maternal Mortality
Barrigaverde and Al Momento reported 15 October on the launch of a project to improve maternal health. UNFPA representative in the Dominican Republic, Gilka Melendez, recalled that 42 per cent of patients in border-town hospitals are Haitians. She explained that the formulation of the budget for the area of health is based on the population of the Dominican Republic and ignores foreigners residing in the country, no matter whether they are legal or illegal. Read in Spanish: Barrigaverde and Al Momento