Pre and postnatal care services for you and your children
It’s fundamental to our commitment to support the right of women to enjoy good sexual and reproductive health.
For women in much of the world, pregnancy and giving birth are life threatening events. Every year, 289,000 women die as a result. Many more suffer pregnancy-related health problems which can be permanently debilitating such as birth injuries, fistulae and chronic health problems.
The tragedy is that almost all of these deaths are preventable if women have access to the correct care.
The five main causes of maternal death – haemorrhage, infection, unsafe abortion, eclampsia and obstructed labour – are all preventable or treatable by the presence of properly skilled attendants at births and by emergency obstetric care.
It’s currently estimated that only 40% of births in the developing world are attended by a skilled health worker such as a midwife. This figure can be as low as 10% in some countries.
If a woman chooses to have a child, she should have the right to quality and affordable care and support.
Our work involves: educating women about safe motherhood, prenatal care, antenatal care, training skilled birth attendants, obstetric care, the management of complications and emergencies, and care for mothers after birth.
As with all our programmes we use innovative methods to get this care to the women who need it most, such as our HealthyBaby voucher scheme.
Maternal healthcare work is closely linked with our other sexual and reproductive health services, such as preventing unplanned pregnancy and addressing unsafe abortion.
We manage abortion complications and provide post-abortion care, and where abortion is legal, provide safe services for terminations.
We offer women family planning information, counselling, and information and services about sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. We are offering youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health information and services.
Looking for maternal health services? Why not get in touch with our team to speak more.
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