Hon Speaker, in the Negotiated Service Delivery Agreement the issue of maternal and child mortality is number two on the list of outcomes. A number of measures have already been taken to reduce maternal and child mortality rates in South Africa. The National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths has recently provided the latest tri-annual report on maternal and child mortality for the period 2008 to 2010, which records the number of institutional deaths, causes of mortality, as well as recommendations to reduce mortality.
The report found that by far the major cause of maternal mortality is ...