https://arka.am-YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. Maternal mortality rate in Armenia dropped by 11% in 2023, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said on Wednesday.
“We should do everything to maintain this positive trend,” Avanesyan said in the National Assembly.
At the same time, she pointed out that no improvement was recorded in in child mortality rate.
“We are trying to assess what is the problem and why the expected result was not achieved,” the minister said. She added that more steps need to be taken to reduce the number of deaths among children aged 0 to 5 years.