Neonatal mortality rates in the Caribbean cause for concern

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A three-day workshop aimed at creating a regional strategy to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity began here Tuesday amid concerns over the high levels of mortality rates for post neonatal infants and children under the age of five.
Health officials said that while Latin America and the Caribbean had made “great strides” in reducing the mortality rates for people within that age group, neonatal mortality figures have not fallen at the same pace.