Emergency Obstetric Care, Essentialities for Prevention of Maternal/Neonatal Mortality/Morbidity

Abstract

Recent report by UNICEF revealed that globally maternal deaths decreased from 532 000 in 1990 to 303 000 in 2015. Likewise; the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 44%; from 385 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births in 1990 to 216 in 2015; less than half of the 5.5 percent annual decline rate needed. For India MMR declined from 556 in 1990 to 174 in 2015 [1;2]. According to Maternal & Child Mortality and Total Fertility Rates; Sample Registration System (SRS); National Health Profile report of office of Registrar General of India; the MMR in 2011 was 212; an appreciable decline from 437 in the year 1990; however; far from the goal of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) India and Mellium Development Goals (MDGs); of less than 109 for 2015[1]. So for achieving the new goal; it is essential to take steps Volume 8 Issue 2-2017