Causes of Maternal Mortality
Has maternal mortality in the United States increased or decreased in the past 20 years?
Increased
What defines womanhood in India?
Motherhood
The main people who dealt with childbirth and pregnant women in Sri Lanka
What are midwives?
A situation in which a mother, her fetus, or both are at higher risk for problems during pregnancy or delivery than in a typical pregnancy
What is high-risk pregnancy?
What is the group of people that has the highest maternal mortality rates?
Non-hispanic black people
Why do young women in India resort to abortions?
To achieve spacing between pregnancies.
Secondary Care
What is medical care that is performed by a specialist
Labor that begins before 37 weeks of pregnancy
What is preterm labor?
What is the country with the highest maternal mortality rate?
South Sudan
Do most women in India like to give birth in government run hospitals?
No, they prefer midwives or private hospitals
A system that the Sri Lanka government used to record maternal deaths
What is civil registration system?
Mosquito borne illness, in Sub-saharan Africa, that is extremely dangerous for pregnant women
What is Malaria?
What is the main requirement for a death to be included in maternal mortality rate?
The baby must be alive when born
What is the major reason why Tamil Nadu has a lower maternal mortality rate?
It is because women have higher autonomy than those in other parts of India
What percentage of more skilled medical practitioners now attend births?
97%
Why is getting early and regular prenatal care important?
It can help decrease the risk for problems by enabling health care providers to diagnose, treat, and manage conditions before they become serious.
Approximately how many women die annually from pregnancy related causes?
530,000
What percentage of abortions resulted in sterilization?
40%
Improving sanitation and implementing measures to combat malaria and hookworm
What are ways the government improved health and lowered maternal mortality rates?
What complications of pregnancy can a woman not prevent or cure?
Preeclampsia, stillbirth, and miscarriage