MATERNAL HEALTH Flashcards
What is safe motherhood
Achieving conception, going through pregnancy, childbirth and resulting in the birth of a healthy infant while the mother is in the best of health
Goal of safe motherhood
to improve women’s health in general and specifically to contribute to the reduction in maternal and infant morbidiy and mortality
Components of SM
Health education and counseling
Pre-conception care
Antenatal care
Labour and delivery care
Postnatal care
Family planning
Post abortion care
Post natal care
From delivery to 6 weeks after
Maternal mortality
death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes
What percentage of maternal deaths occur in developing countries
99%
Maternal mortality ratio
maternal deaths per 100,000 live births within a year
Maternal mortality rate
maternal deaths per 100,000 women of reproductive age (15-49)
Direct causes of maternal mortality
results from complications of pregnancy, labour or puerperium
Indirect causes of maternal mortality
HIV
malaria
anemia
diabetes
cardiac disease
State the direct causes of maternal mortality
hemorrhage
hypertensive disorders
sepsis
complications of unsafe abortion
embolism
Determinants of maternal mortality
the four delays
EmONC
Emergency obstetric and newborn care
Components of EmONC
basic and comprehensive
Difference between basic and comprehensive
Comprehensive has two additional
Perform surgery
Perform blood transfusion
