Prenatal Care
The vitamin that is crucial for fetal development and is commonly recommended for pregnant women to take daily?
What is folic acid (or folate)?
The name of the trained professional who provides physical and emotional support to women during labor and childbirth?
What is a doula?
The term that describes the medical check-up that a newborn baby undergoes within the first few days after birth?
What is a newborn screening or neonatal examination?
The diseases which the MMR vaccine protect against?
What are measles, mumps, and rubella?
The term that describes methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy, including hormonal pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and condoms?
What is birth control or contraception?
The term used for the routine test performed during pregnancy to screen for gestational diabetes?
What is the glucose tolerance test (GTT)?
In many developing countries, the main challenge women face during labor and delivery due to limited access to healthcare facilities.
What is the risk of complications or maternal mortality?
The recommended timeframe for mothers to attend postnatal check-ups after giving birth to monitor their health and recovery?
What is within the first 6 weeks postpartum?
The global initiative aimed to ensuring equitable access to vaccines for children in developing countries?
What is the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)?
A significant challenge faced by many women in the Global South regarding access to family planning services?
What is lack of financial resources or affordability of contraceptives?
In many developing countries, the main barrier that prevents pregnant women from accessing adequate prenatal care?
What is lack of healthcare facilities or infrastructure?
The country in Africa with the highest rate of maternal mortality?
What is Nigeria?
The international organization that promotes postnatal care initiatives to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in low-resource settings?
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
The vaccine given to infants to protect against tuberculosis?
What is the BCG vaccine?
A key strategy that can help improve access to family planning services and education in developing countries?
What is improving reproductive health education?
The US government agency that is primarily responsible for overseeing and implementing policies related to maternal and child health, including prenatal care initiatives?
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
The international agreement emphasizes the right to access skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth as a fundamental human right?
What is the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action?
The global initiative focusing on improving postnatal care services to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates worldwide?
What is the Every Woman Every Child initiative?
The international agreement that emphasizes the importance of ensuring access to vaccines for all children as a fundamental right?
What is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)?
The international agreement that recognizes family planning as a human right and calls for governments to provide access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare services, including family planning?
What is the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)?
The name of the World Health Organization (WHO) program that focuses on improving maternal and newborn health outcomes globally?
What is the Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health program?
The term for the global initiative aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality rates by promoting skilled attendance during childbirth?
What is the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI)?
The international policy framework that emphasizes the importance of postnatal care to ensure the health and well-being of mothers and newborns?
What is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The international initiative focused on increasing immunization coverage for children worldwide, aiming to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases?
What is the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) by the World Health Organization (WHO)?
International efforts or partnerships aimed to support and enhance family planning services in developing countries?
What is the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative?