2009 the maternal mortality rate in India is 212 per 100‚000 live births. The country needs to reduce the maternal mortality rate to less than109 deaths by 2015 to achieve the United Nations-mandated Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Every ten minutes there is one maternal death in India as reported by the United Nations and at this rate India is unlikely to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. What is Maternal Death? According to the World Health Organization “maternal death is defined
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health system that is controlled by a centralized government has crippled the progress of reproductive health. Giving birth in Somalia is extremely dangerous and very unpredictable. Somali woman are among the highest risk women in the world with a Maternal Mortality (MMR) of 1‚044-1‚400 per 100‚000 live births compared to a 12 per 100‚000 in the United States.1 Even after a mother survives all these risks and delivers her baby‚ both mother and child continue to face constant risks. The under-five infant
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A STUDY OF THE CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL AREAS IN UGANDA CASE STUDY: MITYANA HOSPITAL BY SEMPA FATUMAH 10/U/4724/BEK/PD A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTIC IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OF KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY. FEBUARY 2012 List of acronyms ➢ MMR- Maternal Mortality Rate ➢ IMR
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It is well recognized that maternal healthcare is essential for further improvement of maternal and child health. Maternal and child health services is said to play a vital role in achieving improved health outcomes. The decision to use health care is undoubtedly influence by the characteristics of the health delivery system such as the availability and accessibility of the services. However‚ this does not necessarily mean that where there is a good supply of services‚ demand is created in and of
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necessary to compare the ongoing maternal mortality rate among the South Asian countries and then a comparative study on Bangladesh to find out (in between 2001-2010) the areas where maternal mortality rate is successfully declined and where is still to work. From this chart we get a picture that Sri Lanka and Maldives are in a better position whereas India and Bangladesh are following this path respectively. Here is another picture below of declining maternal mortality from 322 to 194 by 40%
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Maternal Mortality According to the World Health Organization‚ a “maternal death” is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy‚ irrespective of the duration or site of the pregnancy‚ from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or the management‚ but not from accidental or incidental cause. Maternal mortality is not only related to the health-care provided by a country‚ but also to the country’s socio-economic and cultural aspects‚ in
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Maternal Deprivation is a catch- phrase summarizing the work of psychiatrist John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants and young children from their mother (or mother substitute) John Bowlbys lifetime work was based around studying childhood through Developmental Psychology. Bowlby believed that there are enormous psychological consequences for a child who has experienced separation from its maternal figure‚ which he concluded in his “Thieves study” Bowlbys theory of monotropy led to the
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studying the attitudes and actions of pregnant ewes helped to solidify the definition of maternal behaviour as being the archetype of care and attendance an offspring receives exclusively from its mother. Domestic sheep occur in a somewhat manipulative environment‚ allowing for a relatively predictable reaction composed of both acquired and innate behavioural factors. Variance in the components of maternal behaviour are categorised into subsections‚ including protective behaviour‚ post-parturient
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Maternal Deprivation This essay will discuss maternal deprivation and its consequences. Bowlby states that: “A child should receive the continuous care of this single most important attachment figure for approximately the first two years of life.”(Bowlby 1951) Bowlby used the term maternal deprivation to refer to the separation or loss of the mother as well as failure to develop an attachment. The underlying assumption of Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis is that continual disruption
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In this essay I intend to analyse the attachment theory of well-known British psychiatrist Dr John Bowlby. I will examine both the primary and secondary research behind the theory and look at some of the arguments against it before going on to explore the impact Bowlby’s research has had on the early years setting. Edward John Mostyn Bowlby was born in London on February 26th 1907 to a fairly upper-middle class family. His parents were of the belief that too much parental affection would in fact
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