Life expectancy up in the Caribbean region
Thursday, November 13, 2003
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Infant mortality in the Caribbean is down while life expectancy has generally increased, a UN official said Tuesday.
"More people now have access to gender-sensitive information and services which allow them to take care of their reproductive health needs," Marisela Padron, director of the Latin American and the Caribbean Division of the UN Population Fund, told a news conference in Trinidad and Tobago.
She commended the region for the achievement, saying it was the result of the implementation of the action programme of the international conference on population held 10 years ago in Cairo.
Governments were making special efforts, despite limited financial resources, she said.
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