How To Improve Maternal Health

Achieve by 2015 universal access to reproductive health.

How to improve maternal health.

What health problems do women face. Reduce by three quarters between 1990 and 2015 the maternal mortality ratio target 5 b. Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy childbirth and the postpartum period it encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning preconception prenatal and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling experience in most cases and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in other cases. Reuters 1 empower women.

Improve access to health care in general and prenatal care in particular chronic diseases complications of pregnancy obesity and advanced maternal age pose serious risks to pregnant women. It is more and more common for women to have chronic conditions like. Improving maternal health is critical to saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of women who die due to complication from pregnancy and childbirth each year. Over 90 percent of these deaths could be prevented if women in developing regions had access to sufficient diets basic literacy and health services and safe water and sanitation.

Management of chronic diseases high blood pressure heart disease kidney disease etc before pregnancy is critical to improving pregnancy outcomes. To improve maternal health care in conflict and low resource areas ngos need to train more healthcare workers and promote women s empowerment.