Yamoussoukro- An Assistant Director General of WHO, Matshidisco Moeti, on Monday in Yamoussoukro Cotee d’Ivoire said African countries might not meet the targets of the MDGs as they still grapple with weak institutions.

“We recognise that it will be very difficult for countries to achieve the goals as targets for 2015,’’ Moeti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the just concluded regional meeting of WHO.

According to her, some progress will be made in the key targets.

“But I think progress in these areas is being made. We see that it is being made even in the area of maternal mortality reduction.

“We tend to say only two countries are on track but we see that quite a number of countries have made progress in these areas.

“I am very optimistic that we might not hit the 2015 targets as initially planned but it has pushed countries to court and mobilise donors and partners to provide financing and we are in the correct direction,’’ she said.

Moeti said the speed to realise the goals was rather slow among countries but substantial progress was made in the targets, which were basically on human development index of education, poverty and health.

On the Emergency Fund for Africa, Moeti said the Ministers of Health from various countries agreed on some terms for implementation as they continue to consult with their governments.

“I think it is the fact of the unfamiliarity of the process and the fact that they are not the sole decision makers. It has to be a collective decision.

“I don’t think it will drag very much now. I do believe that the resolution that has been adopted at this meeting is one with which most of the countries feel comfortable with,’’ she said.

Moeti  said the meeting agreed that each member state would contribute 50, 000 dollars to the emergency fund. (NAN)