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Effect Of Maternal Mortality Rate Among Female Between The Age Of 14 – 40 Years
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1.1 STATE OF THE PROBLEM
In spite of all
the policies, declarations and other efforts aimed at reducing maternal
death across the globe, only modest gains in maternal mortality
reduction appear to have been achieved in many countries in the past 20
years (Shah and Say, 2007).
In Nigerian, The Federal Ministry of
Health had set year 2006 as the target year that maternal mortality
would have been reduced by 50 percent. However, not only were these
targets not achieved but also the maternal health situation in Nigeria
is now which worse than in previous years (Ujah et al 2005).
Past
efforts to reduce maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria were concentrated
on making direct improvements to the health systems. These efforts have
not involved enough resources to successfully reduce maternal mortality
in the country.
1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objective of this study is to:
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Bring together some of the risk factors mentioned in the past as
responsible for high maternal mortality in Nigeria. These include
whether the woman received antenatal care, whether delivery was assisted
by a health professional, whether delivery took place in a health
facility and the educational attainment of the woman, and income
disturbing.
· Identify the factors that seem to have more effect than the others on maternal mortality in Nigeria.
· To ascertain the role of traditional birth attendant in the causes of maternal mortality.
· To identify possible solution to reducing maternal mortality.
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To identify the poor attitude relation to general public, community in
relation to maternal mortality have to be investigated.
1.3 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
The
importance of this research work is exclusively to emphasized on the
attention of women of child bearing age through these means and also to
let the work know that women are reproductive to our society in world
and at large population.
1.4 SCOPES AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
study cover all the precautionary measures towards the effect of
maternal mortality rate in Kutungare Igabi West Local Government area of
Kaduna State, with the aims and objectives governing the research work
to the effective undertaken by the researcher. The study will be
delimited to the effect of maternal mortality rate of women of child
bearing age between the age of 20 – 40 years in Kutungare Igabi West
Local Government area of Kaduna State Nigeria.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION
· What are the possible ways in the prevention of maternal mortality rate among women of child bearing age.
· What are the causes of maternal mortality.
· How do you educate the female and community about the effect o maternal mortality.
· How do you identify the effect of maternal mortality.
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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---
