Maternal Mortality and Maternal Morbidity
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Maternal Mortality And Maternal Morbidity 1MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MATERNAL MORBIDITYNameCourse: Professor’s NameInstitutionCityDate
Maternal Mortality And Maternal Morbidity 2Maternal Mortality and Maternal MorbidityIntroductionMaternal mortality these are death that occur on women during child births. This occurs within42 days but less than a year after conceiving. Maternal morbidity refers to complications whichdevelop during pregnancy and after child birth.They mainly affect the well being and the healthof a woman.Statistics have indicated that 1 out of 6 women dies due the same in the developingworld, while as in continents like Europe, 1 out of 5,000 dies due complication related tomaternal. In Indonesia, close to eight million women suffer from pregnancy complications whichare avoidable while as half a million ends up dying (Ali, Okud & Adam, 2011). It is verydisappointing to lose lives while giving birth. However, identification of the main causes ofdeaths will help put up control standards and come up with proper strategies to deal with theissues. It will help in a reduction of avoidable deaths during child births. Additionally, basictraining is important to women infected with incurable diseases to reduce the death rate inwomen.Causes of maternal mortality and maternal morbidityAccording to Ashford (2002),maternal mortality and morbidity rates in Indonesia have thehighest figures from the rest of the countries. This was amplified by the non-utilization of thematernal healthcare. This is because they were not able to receive standard World HealthOrganization antenatal care (ATC) visits. The figure below illustrate on the difference inmortality rates on developing countries compared to the one already developed. The main causeinclude:Hemorrhage- this has greatly contributed to a rise of death accompanied by excessivebleeding. It a major risk factor which is brought about by child birth. However, women
Maternal Mortality And Maternal Morbidity 3bleed heavily leading to approximately 26% of women deaths as researched by WorldHealth Organization. The excessive bleeding becomes uncontrollable especially whendiscovered too late. The blood is entire drained from the body making the victim so weakthus demise of a life. Infection- they are deaths caused by infection such as HIV, Heart diseases and anemia.Infected diseases such as HIV poses a great risk on the expecting mother. It is howeversaid to claim life especially to those much affected. The same causes deterioration inhealth where the white blood cells are reduced to a level of not fighting other infections(Filippi et al., 2007). Moreover, in case there is anemia, not enough red blood cells areproduced which in return affects the blood circulation in the body. The heart is howeveraffected causing cardiovascular disorders. These will trigger a heart failure leading todeath. This contributes to 17% as stated by World Health Organization (WHO) (Chhabraet al., 2008).Unsafe abortions- in most cases, women who conceive without their knowledge prefers to have the pregnancy terminated without following the right procedures. The process is mainly done by unqualified personnel who in return end up causing more damage to the victim. As a result, excessive bleeding and infection are experienced. The womb may be destroyed in the process thus severe implication on health in later days. These being an alternative to eliminating the pregnancy, one is exposed to health risk which may be permanent or even result to the death of the victim. Women tend to choose this option since in most developing countries, abortion is termed as illegal. They therefore find it necessary to abort without going to the health facilities (Balin, 2005).
Maternal Mortality And Maternal Morbidity 4Hypertensive disorders- it is situation associated with an increase in blood pressure.When it shots beyond normal, a great risk is imposed on the mother and the unborn child.In most cases it ends up causing deaths if not handle immediately by the health experts. Obstructed labor-even with normal contraction of the uterus during labor, the baby doesnot get down the cervix. This may result to inadequate supply of oxygen during the childbirth process. However, this may result to death of the mother due to a long strain duringthe process. There is also prolonged labor which results to more straining of the motherthus lacking strength to push the baby. This contributes to less oxygen being inhaled inorder to speed up the delivery process. Apparently, the mother becomes unconsciouswhereby she may end up dead if know proper circulation of oxygenated blood in thebody system (Kayem et al., 2011).The chart below clearly shows on the number of death caused by each the above factors..Personal Hindrances Contributing to Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
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