3. Introduction
• Safe Motherhood means creating the
circumstances within which women is able to
choose whether she will become pregnant and
if she does,
• ensuring she receives care for prevention and
treatment of pregnancy complications,
• has access to emergency obstetric care if she
needs it, and care after birth,
• so that she can avoid death or disability from
complications of pregnancy and child birth.
4. Overview of Safe Motherhood
Healthy Pregnancy
Safe Delivery
Healthy post partum period
Healthy newborn
Ways to make Motherhood Safe
Antenatal Care
Maternity Care
Postnatal Care
Essential new baby Care
FP Services
Human rights & Social justice for Women
5. History/Milestone in SMH services in
Nepal
• SMH program started in in Non-Governmental
level in 1994AD
• SMH program started in Nepal in 1997AD
(2054BS)
• National RH strategy & Strength policy in 1998
AD
• The policy on skilled birth Attendant's endorsed
in 2006
• The policy in Blood Transfusion endorsed in
2006
6. Continues..
• Abortion services legalized in 2003 and
established in 2004 AD
• Medical Abortion was started frim 2065
BS(2008AD) with 6 district up to 2071/72
expanded to 39 district but now all districts.
• Nyano Jhol Programme was launched in
2069/70 to protect newborns from hypothermia
and infection, also to increase the use of
peripheral health facilities ( Birthing Centers)
• This programme implemented in all 77 districts
in 2072/73
7. Sets of Clothes
New Born babies
Bhoto
Daura
Napkin
Cap
Wrapper & Mat
Mothers
Gown
