Saving Mothers' and Babies' Lives


	One quarter of all women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth around the globe are in India — an estimated 136,000 women. In two states, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is 379 deaths per 100,000 live births and 445 deaths per 100,000, respectively. Both numbers are significantly higher than India’s already high national average of 305 deaths per 100,000 live births. About half of all maternal deaths are attributed to hemorrhage and anemia, both of which can be prevented. And unfortunately, poor maternal health care and inadequate emergency obstetric care put babies at risk, too. A Safe Motherhood Partnership To address these issues, we partner with UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative to increase access to good health care, giving mothers better care early and infants a healthy start in life. The UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative provides extensive technical support, leadership and training programs to midwives, female health workers and staff nurses in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The initiative also ensures that skilled caregivers are available for the community 24 hours a day at nine health care facilities where the staff has received birth attendant training; seven more centers are to follow. Additionally, UNICEF helped initiate an emergency transport program to take pregnant women to the hospital. Hundreds of Lives Impacted AS a result of to the UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative, the percentage of institutional deliveries in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh has risen from 35 percent in 2004-2005 to 76 percent in 2006-2007, meaning that many more mothers are being cared for by skilled birth attendants. The Fatehegarh Health Center, for example, handled 230 deliveries, up from zero in 2006. As part of UNICEF’s overall efforts, in Madhya Pradesh 22 government agencies are part of a 24-hour emergency transport initiative, and in Rajasthan more than 100 vehicles are available for this service. More than 300 women have received emergency obstetric care through this transport service.

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Saving Mothers' and Babies' Lives

	One quarter of all women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth around the globe are in India — an estimated 136,000 women. In two states, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is 379 deaths per 100,000 live births and 445 deaths per 100,000, respectively. Both numbers are significantly higher than India’s already high national average of 305 deaths per 100,000 live births. About half of all maternal deaths are attributed to hemorrhage and anemia, both of which can be prevented. And unfortunately, poor maternal health care and inadequate emergency obstetric care put babies at risk, too. A Safe Motherhood Partnership To address these issues, we partner with UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative to increase access to good health care, giving mothers better care early and infants a healthy start in life. The UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative provides extensive technical support, leadership and training programs to midwives, female health workers and staff nurses in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The initiative also ensures that skilled caregivers are available for the community 24 hours a day at nine health care facilities where the staff has received birth attendant training; seven more centers are to follow. Additionally, UNICEF helped initiate an emergency transport program to take pregnant women to the hospital. Hundreds of Lives Impacted AS a result of to the UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative, the percentage of institutional deliveries in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh has risen from 35 percent in 2004-2005 to 76 percent in 2006-2007, meaning that many more mothers are being cared for by skilled birth attendants. The Fatehegarh Health Center, for example, handled 230 deliveries, up from zero in 2006. As part of UNICEF’s overall efforts, in Madhya Pradesh 22 government agencies are part of a 24-hour emergency transport initiative, and in Rajasthan more than 100 vehicles are available for this service. More than 300 women have received emergency obstetric care through this transport service.

One quarter of all women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth around the globe are in India — an estimated 136,000 women. In two states, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is 379 deaths per 100,000 live births and 445 deaths per 100,000, respectively. Both numbers are significantly higher than India’s already high national average of 305 deaths per 100,000 live births. About half of all maternal deaths are attributed to hemorrhage and anemia, both of which can be prevented. And unfortunately, poor maternal health care and inadequate emergency obstetric care put babies at risk, too.

A Safe Motherhood Partnership
To address these issues, we partner with UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative to increase access to good health care, giving mothers better care early and infants a healthy start in life. The UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative provides extensive technical support, leadership and training programs to midwives, female health workers and staff nurses in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The initiative also ensures that skilled caregivers are available for the community 24 hours a day at nine health care facilities where the staff has received birth attendant training; seven more centers are to follow. Additionally, UNICEF helped initiate an emergency transport program to take pregnant women to the hospital.

Hundreds of Lives Impacted
AS a result of to the UNICEF/Safe Motherhood Initiative, the percentage of institutional deliveries in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh has risen from 35 percent in 2004-2005 to 76 percent in 2006-2007, meaning that many more mothers are being cared for by skilled birth attendants. The Fatehegarh Health Center, for example, handled 230 deliveries, up from zero in 2006. As part of UNICEF’s overall efforts, in Madhya Pradesh 22 government agencies are part of a 24-hour emergency transport initiative, and in Rajasthan more than 100 vehicles are available for this service. More than 300 women have received emergency obstetric care through this transport service.

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