According to the World Health Organization, maternal health means the health of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum phase. Numerous programs, seminars, summits, and conferences have been held worldwide to address this rising concern. The main objective behind maternal health is to curb maternal morbidity or mortality and to reduce the preventable deaths which happen during childbirth, from health complications like infection, pre-eclampsia, hemorrhage and obstructive birth. Unfortunately, poor women belonging from poverty-stricken developing or underdeveloped nations are mainly affected.
Lack of access to prenatal care centers, skilled doctors and nurses, lack of sex education and illiteracy are the main culprits for such a deplorable state. Proper care during prenatal and postpartum phases is thus very crucial.
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