Infant mortality rate high in Bogor

Infant mortality rate high in Bogor

JAKARTA (JP): Seventy of 1,000 babies die each year in Bogor, reported deputy regent Moh.Masduki to village and district heads of the Bogor municipality.

The number is quite high compared with other municipalities, Masduki said during their meeting over the weekend.

He blamed the problem on unevenly distributed health services, limited facilities, a lack of medical practitioners as well as the poor villagers' economic situation.

In an attempt to bring down the infant mortality rate, the municipality has assigned a number of midwives to various villages and districts.

Masduki urged the heads of these areas to provide the midwives with such equipment as bicycles, medical tools, medicine and boarding houses. (30)