Provide Emergency Obstetric Care
Most
maternal deaths are avoidable yet every day 1000 women die from
complications of pregnancy and childbirth. The knock-on effect is huge.
For example, infants whose mothers die are more likely to die than
infants whose mothers survive.
When something goes badly wrong, women need emergency obstetric care in proper health facilities. All five of the major causes of maternal deaths – excessive bleeding, sepsis, unsafe abortion, hypertensive disorders and obstructed labour – can be treated there. Trained staff who can administer blood transfusions can be life-savers: excessive bleeding after birth can kill a woman in less than two hours. (Source: Reuters)
When something goes badly wrong, women need emergency obstetric care in proper health facilities. All five of the major causes of maternal deaths – excessive bleeding, sepsis, unsafe abortion, hypertensive disorders and obstructed labour – can be treated there. Trained staff who can administer blood transfusions can be life-savers: excessive bleeding after birth can kill a woman in less than two hours. (Source: Reuters)
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