In relation to the work of the Select Committee on Women, Children and Persons the issues on maternal death, infant mortality mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS relates directly to the Committee's focus on gender issues. The outcomes of this oversight visit will capacitate the Committee to make substantial recommendations to the improvement of the quality of lives of the women in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal Provinces. This oversight visit relates not only to the strategic priorities of the NCOP as outlined above but also the five year strategic priorities of the Committee in terms of its priority of survival and development. This oversight visit also had a basis in terms of the Millennium Development Goal 4 which relates to the reduction of under-five child mortality rates.