Bayelsa State and Millennium Development Goals: Achieving Maternal Mortality Rate Reduction

Abstract

The study examine the level of achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) goal five : reduction of maternal mortality rate by three quarter in Bayelsa State. We employed both primary and secondary data, using a non parametric method in our analysis, result shows that Bayelsa State MDGs on maternal mortality rate has dropped from about 47 per 10,000 to 28.92 per 10,000 as against the bench mark of 25 per 10,000 live births. We therefore recommend the need for social and cultural re-orientation to meet and sustain the MDGs goals not only in the state but the nation at large. For all required to put on a mindset of not only achieving this goal but also to sustain the achieved targets.

Keywords: Bayelsa State, MDGs, Maternal Mortality Infant Mortality, Chi-square and simple percentage