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Health Minister Joe Phaahla has revealed that 1824 infants died at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital between 2020 and February 2023.
The number of healthcare workers in the same department that have since been employed at the specified hospital;Plans that are in place to ensure that infant mortality due to negligence, lack of healthcare professional personnel is avoided and reduced;The number of the specified targets that have been achieved.
Phaahla said the action plan includes having monitoring and evaluation teams that monitor perinatal mortality data using the Perinatal Problem Identification Program to exclude avoidable deaths. “The Department of Health reached the sustainable development goal set target of <12/1 000live births by 2030 for newborn nationally which is part of the infant mortality rate. The Department is therefore striving to sustain the performance not to regress below the current achievement, however, the Infant Mortality Rate sustainable development goal which is also the Departmental goal is set at 20/1 000 live births by 2030,” said Phaahla.
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