Thank you, House Chair. Minister, I thank you for your frank answer. South Africa has made very little progress and, really, we are not going to be able to reach the Millennium Development Goals of reducing the maternal mortality rate by three quarters. In September, ministers of health worldwide met at the United Nations to discuss the poor progress.
I would like to ask the hon Minister: What is your new commitment to meeting the goal with specific reference to providing and sustaining antiretrovirals for HIV-positive pregnant women, especially in view of the recent statement by the Department of Health that at least three provinces in our country are in danger of not having an adequate budget to provide antiretroviral treatment?