Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth. A woman dies from complications during childbirth every minute, with about 529,000 deaths each year mostly in developing countries. Some common causes of maternal death are haemorrhage, infection, obstructed labor, hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, and complications from unsafe abortion. Maternal mortality has declined by nearly 50% since 1990 but falls short of the UN target.

1. * Millennium
development goal
Improve maternal health
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2. * Maternal health
refers to the health of women
during pregnancy, childbirth, and the time after
a baby is born.
* A women dies from complications in childbirth
every minute about 529000 each year , mist in
the developing countries.
* Some causes of maternal deaths are
haemorrhage, infection, obstructed labour,
hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and
complications of unsafe abortion.
* What
is maternal
health and its
problems ?

3. *
There are birth-related disabilities that affect
many more women and go untreated like injuries
to pelvic muscles, organs or the spinal cord
* Another risk to expectant women is malaria. It
can lead to anaemia, which increases the risk
for maternal and infant mortality and
developmental problems for babies.
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4. * Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a problem in
poorer countries. Up to 45 per cent of HIVinfected mothers transmit infection to their
children. HIV is becoming a major cause of
maternal mortality in highly affected countries
like those in Southern Africa.
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Malutrition contribute to low birth weight and birth
defects as well. Malnutrition cause infant heart
defects, crippled legs, lips sumbuing, hidrisefalus,
stunted, blindness, ear lobe curved, and mental
retardation.
* Diseases
effecting
mother&baby

5. *
Educating girls for six years or more drastically
improves their prenatal care, postnatal care and
childbirth survival rates.
* Educated girls are more likely to spread good
health and sanitation practices to their families
and throughout their communities.
* The girls will have learned about family planning
and how to look after themselves while they are
pregnant.
* Educating
girls

6. * Maternal mortality has declined by nearly 50%
since 1990, but falls far short of the MDG
target of 75%.
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* In developing countries as a whole, the per cent
of births attended by a skilled health
professional has increased by more than a
quarter - that is, from 42% to 53% over the
decade.
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* Improvements

7. * This video link explains the development goal
well.
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* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_VwC2qhUGY