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SAFE MOTHERHOOD CONTRIBUTES TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN MDG4 AND 5

• Presented by: Pradeep chalise

INTRODUCTIONSAFEMOTHERHOOD

Safe motherhood is fundamentally a matter of human rights; all women are good health and high-quality health services.

Maternal and infant deaths can be prevented through safe motherhood practices.

Millions of women worldwide are affected by maternal mortality and morbidity from preventable causes.

BACKGROUND

Safe motherhood became a central component for the achievement of women's health and rights.

The highest maternal mortality rates are in Africa, with a lifetime risk of 1 in 16

Every minute a woman dies during labor or delivery.

Nagaland Observes Safe Motherhood Day

Effort to spread awareness on saving mothers’ lives, ‘Safe Motherhood Day’ was launched globally in 1997.

To promote, increase public awareness on the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns, especially in developing countries. 

Every minute in the world

380 Women become pregnant

190 Women face an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy

110 Women experience a pregnancy related complication

40 women have an unsafe abortion

1 mother dies

MOTHERHOOD IN DEVELOPED COUNTRY

• The UK government committed to double its efforts for women and children’s health to 2015.

Developing Country

Good balance between economic, social and environmental sustainability is also a challenge for Asia-Pacific countries.

Deliveries in high- mortality settings take place at home with traditional birth attendants.

SEAR COUNTRIES

India MDG5 (75% reduction in maternal mortality

ratio from 1990 by 2015) target seems to be unattainable by 2015

The utilization of maternal and child health care services among adolescent women is far from satisfactory level in India.

Nepal The maternal mortality rate target of 134 per

100,000 live births by 2015 from 539 per 100,000 live births in 1991

MDG 5 has been achieved..

Pakistan

The maternal mortality ratio remains high at between 350 and 500 per 100,000 live births and neonatal mortality rate is 50 per 1000.

The trend of maternal and neonatal mortality looks at slow progress even though numerous initiatives

Sri Lanka Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, still

remain some challenges in

maternal and child health

such as postpartum hemorrhage and unsafe abortion,

and perinatal deaths due to congenital abnormalities and prematurity

BANGLADESH

According to a 2013 survey by different UN Organizations, the estimated maternal mortality rate in Bangladesh at 170 per 100,000 live births.

Out of total 8 MDG goals, Bangladesh has achieved remarkable success in 7 goals

CONCLUSIONS

Adequate resources, political will, and good policies as well as sufficient management and implementation capacity at the country level.

Opportunity to focus attention on and intensify efforts to improve maternal and child health and save mother and Childs's lives.