Priority inventions include family planning to reduce unwanted pregnancies, presence of skilled birth attendants at deliveries, and access to emergency obstetric and neonatal care. These interventions will only be effective, however, if they reach out to women in rural and remote communities. Improvement in the population's health status is a central priority of the 7th National Socio-Economic Development Plan. To increase the use of health services and provide the reproductive health care needed to improve maternal and neonatal health, investment in training and capacity strengthening for health personnel, especially skilled birth attendants, is required. Health systems must meet minimum standards in terms of human resources, infrastructure, supplies and management. As a result, expenditures for the health sector, including reproductive health, need to be increased.