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Effect Of Maternal Mortality Rate Among Female Between The Age Of 14 – 40 Years
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Maternal
mortality, also known a maternal death, continues to be the major cause
of death among women of reproductive age in many countries and remains a
serious public health issue especially in developing countries (WHO
2007). As explained in Shah and Say (2007), a maternal death is defined
as the death of a women while pregnant or within 42 days of termination
of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy, from
any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management
but not from accidental or incidental causes. Globally, the estimated
number of maternal deaths worldwide in 2005 was 536,000 up from 529,000
in 2000. According to the WHO factsheet (2008) 1500 women die from
pregnancy or pregnancy related complication every day. Most of these
deaths occur in developing countries and most are avoidable of all the
health statistics compiled by the WHO, the largest discrepancy between
developed and developing countries occurred in maternal mortality. UJAH
et al. (2005) noted that while 25 percent females of reproductive age
lived in developed countries. The contributed only 1 percent of maternal
deaths worldwide.
Nigeria has been mentioned by the United Nations
as having one of the highest rates the top medical causes of maternal
mortality in the world. Reducing high maternal mortality ration is not
just a technical and medical challenge but largely a political one which
requires the attention and commitment of political leaders. Mothers are
the key to the provision of health services for children, she has been
neglected and exploited by health service, traditionally to serve
infants. As Nigeria is till passing through various stages of
development many women still deliver at home without attending antenatal
clinics, Kaduna State being part of Nigeria also many cases maternal
mortality rate. This study is aimed at finding mortality rate occur due
to obstetric hemorrhage. Other include infections following childbirth,
unsafe abortion, eclampsia and obstructed labor. Experts agree that
these causes are largely treatable and preventable. The root causes of
high maternal mortality in Nigeria include weak development planning,
poverty, illiteracy and low utilization of formal maternal health care
services.
In recent years the international safe motherhood
conference convened in Kenya raised global awareness of the devastating
maternal mortality rates in developing nations and formally established
the safe motherhood initiative. The goal was to reduce maternal
mortality 50% unity the plight of the pregnant woman. Initially, donors,
United Nation (UN) agencies and government focused of on 2 strategies
to reduced maternal mortality: increasing antenatal care and training
for traditional birth attendants.
Improving the health care system
overall is undoubtedly a critical component to reducing maternal
mortality and improving the general health of a nation. The current
implementation of free health care to pregnant women and under five
children seem to be yielding some positive results but Nigeria’s
Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) however, is yet to reach the reduction
rates as recommended.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Maternal mortality has been describe as the death of women while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy. Kutungare village under Igabi Local Government Area is not an exemption to the effect of maternal mortality as research shown that most of the pregnant women suffer from issues related to maternal mortality due to the lack of awareness and high level of illiteracy or exposure to the effect of maternal mortality. Some of t ... Continue reading---
