Added: 11/29/2006 |
Safety During Pregnancy and the Safe Motherhood InitiativeAccording to the Safe Motherhood Initiative, problematic pregnancies and dangerous deliveries in 2006 are currently standing at a staggering number. It is estimated that forty percent or more pregnant women, that's roughly fifty million people, experience health problems as a result of their pregnancy. And in fifteen percent of these women, those problems can be long-term. And that's only half of the story-check out more important info on how to be safe during pregnancy in this piece on the Safe Motherhood Initiative.
Getting it's start following a 1987 conference in the Narobi section of Kenya, the Safe Motherhood Initiative is a international crusade against deaths and illnesses directly related to pregnancy or childbirth. During the meeting Narobi, perhaps for the first time in almost a century, the world saw first hand the thousands of deaths and serious illnesses that still went hand and hand with having a baby in some parts of the world. Safe Motherhood is all about promoting health and making sure that Mom and Baby are safe during pregnancy.
The Safe Motherhood Initiative describes itself as a extraordinary partnership connecting more than one hundred countries around the world through donors, governments, non-profit organizations, and women's health advocates. Safe Motherhood works by making sure that all women have adequate access to crucial medical care as they journey through their pregnancy.
Problems Facing Pregnant Women
There are five leading causes of death and serious illness for child-bearing women. They are:
•Hemorrhaging
•Infection
•Unsafe Abortions
•High Blood Pressure
•Obstructed Labor
In regard to maternal death statistics, the period just following delivery is the most dangerous. Approximately sixty percent for all maternal deaths take place during that period-and half of new mother deaths occur within just one day of giving birth.
According to the Safe Motherhood Initiative, problematic pregnancies and dangerous deliveries in 2006 are currently standing at a staggering number. It is estimated that forty percent or more pregnant women, that's roughly fifty million people, experience health problems as a result of their pregnancy. And in fifteen percent of these women, those problems can be long-term. Some of the most common long-term and serious health problems that can follow pregnancy in some women are:
•Prolapsing Uterus
•Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
•Fistular
•and Infertility
Barriers To Safe Motherhood
The Safe Motherhood Initiative understands that securing quality healthcare can be a Herculean task for some women and their families. And in developing countries there's a number of reasons why. Nearly thirty-five percent of women who live in developing countries go through pregnancy without ever making a single prenatal visit to an obsterician. More than half of expectant mothers in developing countries fly solo through childbirth-without the assistance of a midwife or physican. After delivery, seventy percent of new moms never make a postpartum visit to a doctor.
Even in fully functioning nations, Mom and Baby can be impede from the tender loving care and watchful eye of trained medical professionals. Such barriers include social and cultural factors, negative interaction with some members of the medical community, lack of transportation, and a lack of insurance.
How The Initiative Works
The Safe Motherhood Initiative has a six point plan of how pregnancy and delivery can become a safe and nuturing experience for infants and their parents-perhaps for the first time:
•Skilled professional prenatal and postpartum care
•Emergency Care
•Abortion Management Services
•Family Planning
•Adolescent Health Education
•Community Education
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