INDICADORES DE MORTALIDAD MATERNO-INFANTIL Y EL CUMPLIMIENTO DE LOS DE LOS OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO DEL MILENIO POR VENEZUELA, 2016.

Background: Childhood and maternal mortality rates are formal indicators of health-care performance of a country. Venezuela's official data from the Ministry of health is not published continuously and opportunely since 2013, until the time of this publication. Objectives: Assessment of the last official report published from the Ministry of Health of Venezuela in regards to child and maternal health indicators for 2016. Comparing previously mentioned rates with member countries of the Pan-American Health Organization, and evaluate the health-related performance of the Millennium Development Goals. Methods: Health Impact Assessment study. Secondary data analysis of the 2016's epidemiological bulletin from the Ministry of Health of Venezuela, and Pan-American Health Organization 2016's Health Bulletin. Results: Infant mortality in Venezuela increased 30% in 2016 from 2015, maternal mortality rate increased around 40% within the same period. Venezuela's infant and maternal mortality rates are the higher rates within the region apart from Bolivia and Guyana. Vaccine preventable diseases and deficient basic public health interventions are the main causes of its increase. Conclusions: Venezuela's child and maternal mortality rates show a high increase in their numbers, which sets the country far from reaching the health-related goals of United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]