Although we can send a rover to Mars, more than , women died in of complications from pregnancy and childbirth — complications that were mostly preventable. No matter where mothers live, the United Nations is committed to improving maternal health because it is a fundamental human right and a crucial development issue that is part of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs , which sets a target to reduce maternal deaths by Stronger maternal health is essential to reducing poverty SDG 1 , ensuring healthy lives SDG 3 , achieving gender equality SDG 5 , and underpins many other global goals.
UN agencies work around the world to support mothers. These 7 statistics reveal the progress made — and the challenges that remain — in maternal health worldwide today:. While maternal health has advanced in almost every region — primarily from increased access to family planning and skilled health care workers — levels of maternal mortality remain unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. At the same time, even in countries that have made big progress, many are still grappling with stark inequalities — especially for women living in poverty.
However, we have solutions: Most maternal deaths can be prevented if pregnancies are attended by skilled health care workers — doctors, nurses, or midwives — before, during, and after childbirth. Additionally, access to proper equipment, supplies, reliable energy helps improve health. Every child deserves to have a healthy start in life, and every mother should have access to quality healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth. The birth of a new child should be a time for celebration, and yet for many women around the world it is a time of fear.
According to the World Health Organisation, more than women die every day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of these deaths could be prevented given the right resources and care. Most of these deaths happen in the Global South, and are particularly high in rural areas.
In these remote areas, women, newborns and children are often the most vulnerable to health problems. Health centres can be difficult to reach, and without alternative forms of transport available to them, women and children sometimes have to walk for days to get there.
Even when they reach the facilities, they might find them understaffed or underequipped. In a few areas there is a gap between the rich and the poor and an urban and rural divide.
It supports the capacities of health managers and supervisors at district and block-level to plan, implement, monitor and supervise effective maternal health care services with a focus on high-risk pregnant women and those in hard-to-reach, vulnerable and socially disadvantaged communities.
Continuum of Care: Improving the health and nutrition of mothers-to-be and providing quality maternal and new-born health services through a continuum of care approach. This includes improving access to family planning, antenatal care during pregnancy, improved management of normal delivery by skilled attendants, access to emergency obstetric and neonatal care when needed, and timely post-natal care for both mothers and newborns. This Programme strengthens antenatal care detection and follow up of high risk pregnancies, contribute towards reduction of maternal deaths and reduce the MMR of India.
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram JSSK : this scheme encompasses free maternity services for women and children, a nationwide scale-up of emergency referral systems and maternal death audits, and improvements in the governance and management of health services at all levels. Programme Menu Health. Telangana State, India.
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