MATERNAL HEALTH & STATUS OF WOMEN IN RAJASTHAN
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MATERNAL HEALTH & STATUS OF WOMEN IN RAJASTHAN
ABSTRACT
“Maternal deaths are both caused by poverty and are a cause for it. The cost of childbirth can quickly exhaust a family’s income, bringing more financial hardship.” -Tamar Manuelyan, Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank.
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Many developing nations lack apposite health care and family planning. Furthermore, pregnant women have minimal access to skilled labor and emergency care. Bare basic emergency obstetric interventions, such as antibiotics, oxytoxics, anticonvulsants, manual removal of placenta, and instrumented vaginal delivery, are vital to improve the scope for survival. In India, mostly child and adolescent girls are married off at very young age according to the National Family Health Survey 3. These girls face reproductive problems, especially for gynecological problems, family planning and perceived fertility problems as girls were expected to conceive in the first year of marriage. Issues like menstrual disorders and infection in the reproductive tract are generally neglected. Major causes of maternal mortality include postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia, obstructed labor, sepsis etc.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006 revealed that Rajasthan is one the Indian states having low status of women. Early marriages of children are still a prevalent phenomenon. Keeping all these, this paper examines extent, degree and causes of maternal death in Rajasthan. The article will further look into the potential for policy and law of the State in intervention to improve maternal health.
Keywords: postpartum period, maternal morality, hemorrhage, eclampsia, sepsis, oxytocics, anti-convulsants, placenta.
INTRODUCTION
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. While
MATERNAL HEALTH & STATUS OF WOMEN IN RAJASTHAN
ABSTRACT
“Maternal deaths are both caused by poverty and are a cause for it. The cost of childbirth can quickly exhaust a family’s income, bringing more financial hardship.” -Tamar Manuelyan, Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank.
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Many developing nations lack apposite health care and family planning. Furthermore, pregnant women have minimal access to skilled labor and emergency care. Bare basic emergency obstetric interventions, such as antibiotics, oxytoxics, anticonvulsants, manual removal of placenta, and instrumented vaginal delivery, are vital to improve the scope for survival. In India, mostly child and adolescent girls are married off at very young age according to the National Family Health Survey 3. These girls face reproductive problems, especially for gynecological problems, family planning and perceived fertility problems as girls were expected to conceive in the first year of marriage. Issues like menstrual disorders and infection in the reproductive tract are generally neglected. Major causes of maternal mortality include postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia, obstructed labor, sepsis etc.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006 revealed that Rajasthan is one the Indian states having low status of women. Early marriages of children are still a prevalent phenomenon. Keeping all these, this paper examines extent, degree and causes of maternal death in Rajasthan. The article will further look into the potential for policy and law of the State in intervention to improve maternal health.
Keywords: postpartum period, maternal morality, hemorrhage, eclampsia, sepsis, oxytocics, anti-convulsants, placenta.
INTRODUCTION
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. While
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