Safe motherhood services basically a topic of commutiny medicine... All of the services are described well in the slides Hope so all of uu will find it and it 'll be helpfull for all of you

2. Safe
motherhood
services
Presented by
Ali Hassan
4th year MBBS

3. Learning objectives
• To Define safe motherhood service
• To describe goals safe motherhood service
• To explain objectives of these services

4. Definition
According to WHO safe motherhood service defined as
“promoting ,preventing, therapeutic or rehabilitation facility
or care for mother & child

5. Goals of safe motherhood service
• To ensure birth of a healthy infant to every expectant
mother
• To promote the health of mother
• To identify health problems in mother & neonate
• To prevent malnutrition in mothers & neonate
• To promote family planning service
• To educate the mother on improvement of her health

6. Pre-natal services
The services provided to women during pregnancy i.e. Before delivery
Aim of Pre-natal services
primary aim of pre-natal care is to achieve ,at the end of the pregnancy,
a healthy mother & baby

7. Objectives of pre-natal services
• To promote , protect & maintaim the health of mother
during pregnancy
• To detect high risk causes & special attention
• To forsee complications & prevent them
• To remove anxiety & fear associated with delivery
• To reduce maternal and infant mortality & morbidity
• To teach the mother elements of child care, nutrition ,
personal hygiene & environmental senitation

8. List of pre-natal services
• Home visiting programme
• Establishment of prenatal clinics
• Observational bed for abnormal cases
• Convalescent homes

9. 1st examination
• Between 6th to 16th week
2nd examination
• Between 32nd to 36th week
3rd examination
• Between 38th to 39th week

10. Intra-natal services
Child birth is a normal pysiological process but complications
may arise, septicemia may arise result from unskilled & septic
manipultations and tetanus neonatarum from the use of
unsterile instruments

11. Objectives of intra-natal services
• To prevent injury to baby & mother
• To prevent complications
• To provide care to baby

12. List of intra-natal services
• Domiciliary midwifery
• Medical advice by medical officers
• Maternity homes
• Supply of sterilized outfits for delivery
• Maternity benefits
• Ambulence service
• Diagnostic & labs. Facilities
• Transport service for midwives

13. Post-natal services
Services for the care of mother after delivery are known as
post-natal services

14. Objectives of post-natal services
• To prevent complications of postnatal period
• To provide care for rapid restoration of mother to optimum
health
• To check adequacy of breast feeding
• To provide basic health education to mother
• To provide care to mother & baby

15. List of post-natal services
• Home visiting programme
• Welfare cantres
• Health education
• Postnatal clinics for mothers
• Hospital beds for complicated cases
• Dai training

16. National safe motherhood day
• 11th April