The Leading Physicians of The World

Improving maternal health is critical to saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of women who die due to complication from pregnancy and childbirth each year. Over 90 percent of these deaths could be prevented if women in developing regions had access to sufficient diets, basic literacy and health services, and safe water and sanitation facilities during pregnancy and childbirth. Goal #1: Maternal survival Maternaldeath has dropped significantly since the adoption of the MDGs. The universal maternal mortality ratio has reduced by 45 percent between 1990 and 2013, from 380 to 210 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Despite the progress, every day lots of women die during pregnancy or from complications arising from childbirth. The maternal mortality rate in developing regions is around 14 percent higher than in developed nations. Universally, there were an estimated 289,000 maternal deaths in 2013, which is equivalent to around 800 women dying daily. The highest...

The wellbeing of mothers and their children determines the next generation of health and can also help predict health challenges for families, their medical care team, and communities in the future. In addition, healthy outcomes and early diagnosis and treatment of health conditions among children and women can help prevent disability and death hence helping children to reach their full potential. Even after major healthcare advances and critical threats to infants, maternal and child health still exists in the U.S and other parts of the world.  One of the world’s major challenges is reducing the rate of ante-natal and preterm births that rose by more than 20 percent from 1990 to 2006. Another major challenge is taking care of the birth ratio by reducing the infant death rate, which has remained high since 2011. Impacts of maternal and children health According to statistics, more that 80 percent of U.S women will become pregnant and give birth to one or more chi...