The shortage of skilled obstetricians is one of the biggest problems in maternal health, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said yesterday.
Persaud was at the time updating members of the media on the fifth round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) that was conducted by the Bureau of Statistics (BoS) in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).
The MICS, is a household survey developed by UNICEF to measure progress towards