Complications of Pregnancy
Reducing Complications of Pregnancy
Causes of Maternal Mortality
Maternal Mortality in Sri Lanka
Maternal Mortality in Tamil Nadu, India
100

Which animal transmits the toxoplasmosis disease during pregnancy?

What are cats?

100

Which age group has the highest rate of pregnancy complications?

What are 35-44 years old?

100

Which economic class of countries do 94% of all global maternal deaths occur in?

What are low/low middle income countries?

100

Sri Lanka managed to decrease maternal death drastically despite being a _____ – income country.

What is Lower or Middle income?

100

What percentage does Tamil Nadu contribute to the total population of India?

What is 6%?

200

Which complication is the result of not enough insulin being secreated from the pancreas?

What are Gestational Diabetes?

200

What condition can be avoided by abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy?


What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

200

What is maternal mortality?

What is the death of a woman during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after delivery?

200

Name one incentive for a woman in Sri Lanka to seek professional maternal care.

What is short transportation distance, professional staff, use of antibiotics, increased access to midwives, etc.?

200

How much did maternal mortality decrease from 1993 to 2007?

What is a decrease from 380 to 90?

300

Which two complications can result in high blood pressure?

What are gestational diabetes and preeclampsia?

300

What two vaccines does the CDC recommend women get during pregnancy?

What are the flu and T-DAP vaccines?

300

Which two regions of world account for 86% of all maternal deaths?

What are Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia?

300

In which decade did the Sri Lankan government begin to implement new maternal care methods?

What are the 1940s?

300

What does PHC, CHC and SCs stand for?

What are Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers, and Subcenters?

400

What are the 3 types of placenta previa?

What are Complete, partial, marginal?

400

What are the six key nutrients pregnant women need?

What are Calcium, iron, folic acid, vitamin D, DHA, Iodine?

400

Name 3 causes of maternal deaths.

What is severe bleeding, infections, high blood pressure, complications from delivery, unsafe abortion, malaria or related to chronic conditions like cardiac diseases or diabetes, blood clots?

400

What percentage of births in Sri Lanka are attended by professionals in the present day?


What is 97%?

400

What is the main challenge still ongoing?

What is the quality of infrastructure and services in rural areas?

500

What is the most common placement of the egg in an ectopic pregnancy?

What are the fallopian tubes?

500

What are some congenial infections that vaccines can prevent?

What is chicken pox or rubella?

500

Name a factor that prevent women from receiving or seeking care during pregnancy and childbirth.

What are poverty, distance to facilities, lack of information, inadequate and poor-quality services, cultural beliefs and practices, mistrust in western medicine?



500

Name three interventions made by the Sri Lankan government in order to increase quality of maternal health care.

What are increased number of midwives and health professionals, increased number of health facilities, control of related diseases such as Malaria, increased sanitation, use of antibiotics, targeted efforts towards vulnerable groups?


500

How many beds, medical officers, staff nurses, auxiliary nurse midwives, ecg machines and laboratory equipment did they get in total?

What is 39-45? Or, what is 42?