Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality

Over 529,000 women die annually from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period. Nearly all of these deaths occur in developing countries, where fertility rates are higher and a woman's life time risk of dying during...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ABORTION COMPLICATIONS ABORTION SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE OF MARRIAGE AGED ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHT CARE DURING PREGNANCY CARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBIRTH CLINICS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COUNSELING DEATH RATE DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITIES DOCTORS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DYING EARLY CHILDBEARING EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY MOTHERHOOD EARLY PREGNANCIES EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMERGENCY CARE EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EPIDEMIC EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE EXISTING RESOURCES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FGM FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS GENITAL MUTILATION HARD TO REACH GROUPS HARMFUL PRACTICES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DURING PREGNANCY HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE INCONTINENCE INFANT INFANTS INFERTILITY INJURIES INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION LABOR SUPPLY LAWS MALARIA MALE INVOLVEMENT MANAGEMENT OF PREGNANCY MARRIAGE AGE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS MATERNITY CARE MEDICAL FACILITY METHODS OF FERTILITY REGULATION MIDWIFERY MIDWIFERY SKILLS MIDWIFES MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY MORTALITY RISKS MOTHER MOTHER TO CHILD MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS NEWBORN NEWBORN CARE NEWBORN HEALTH NURSES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC FISTULA OBSTETRICS OBSTRUCTED LABOR ORPHANS POOR MATERNAL HEALTH POOR NUTRITION POPULATION DISCUSSION POPULATION INFORMATION POPULATION INFORMATION PROGRAM POST-ABORTION POST-ABORTION CARE POSTABORTION POSTABORTION CARE POSTPARTUM CARE POSTPARTUM PERIOD PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PROVIDER ATTITUDES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS QUALITY SERVICES RAPE REFERRAL SYSTEM REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS RESPONSIBLE SEXUALITY RISK GROUPS RURAL AREAS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUALITY SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED ATTENDANCE AT DELIVERY SKILLED CARE SOCIAL MARKETING STATE OF WORLD POPULATION STATUS OF WOMEN SURGERY TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT OF MALARIA UNFPA UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE ABORTION UNSAFE ABORTIONS UNWANTED PREGNANCIES UNWANTED PREGNANCY VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE ON WOMEN WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG WOMEN YOUTHS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/11994329/maternal-mortality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9617

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Summary:	Over 529,000 women die annually from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period. Nearly all of these deaths occur in developing countries, where fertility rates are higher and a woman's life time risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth is over 400 times higher than in developed countries. Additionally, an estimated 20 million women endure lifelong disabilities such as pelvic pain, incontinence, obstetric fistula, anemia and infertility. The main direct causes of maternal death are severe bleeding, unsafe abortion, infection, eclampsia, and obstructed labor; the indirect causes include anemia, malaria, heart disease, and HIV. Pregnancy complications are the main cause of death for women aged 15-19. High maternal mortality rates in many countries result from poor reproductive health care, including not having access to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth and access to safe abortion even where it is legal, especially for the poorest women. Risks of poor outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth are exacerbated by poverty, low status of women, lack of education, poor nutrition, heavy workloads and violence. While many factors contribute to maternal death, one of the most effective means of preventing maternal health is to improve health systems and primary health care to ensure availability of skilled attendance at all levels and access to 24-hour emergency obstetric care. Family planning services could also reduce maternal deaths and morbidities by 30 percent. Prevention of unwanted pregnancies and access to safe abortion as allowed by law and post abortion care services could reduce maternal deaths and injuries caused by unsafe abortions - over 68,000 women die from unsafe abortions annually.

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