Coordinating minister for people`s welfare Agung Laksono said here on Saturday "it must drop to 102 by 2015."
The minister said the rate of maternal deaths in the country was still very high and even the highest among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
He said the government had been committed to reducing the rate in line with the Millennium Development Goals.
One of the efforts to realize the goal is preparing various health facilities especially for delivery processing, he said.
Besides preparing the facilities the government also tried to produce professional midwives that have skills in helping delivery, he said.
The minister said he admitted that the number of such facilities and professional midwives was not big especially in the regions and small islands.
"In remote islands it could take days to get the facilities or professional midwives," he said.
He said the government would provide the budget for it with regard to reducing the rate of maternal deaths.
(Uu.H-YH/HAJM)
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