Improving maternal health in afghanistan book

It uses picture books, demonstration dolls, storytelling and discussion to ensure it is appropriate for the local context and literacy levels. Mountainous terrain makes access to reproductive health services difficult. Social determinants of maternal health in afghanistan. To make health service delivery work in difficult environments, such as badakhshan province in afghanistan, the northern areas of pakistan, and gorno. Improving maternal and child health in afghanistan. When the transitional government was established in 2002, afghanistan had a decimated health infrastructure and very low levels of access to health services. Taking a practical policy approach, this book covers the background and concepts underlying efforts to improve maternal and perinatal mortality, the current. In the short term, they are highly valued members of the medical profession in afghanistan and are improving the health and lives of patients of all ages. The project takes a preventative approach to tackling the major causes of maternal health problems through basic maternal health lessons. Over the past two decades, there have been numerous changes and interventions within the afghan healthcare system to improve maternal health and to combat preventable maternal mortality causes. Improving maternal and child health in asia through. A study reported, 18 january 20 the evidence base on organising, delivering, and paying for effective and equitable health services in any resourceconstrained setting is very weak. Childbirth and maternal health improve in afghanistan csmonitor. Rosenfield worked tirelessly to avert maternal deaths and provide care and.

Afghanistan 3 key facts maternal and newborn health disparities in afghanistan in 2015, 1,100,000 babies were born in afghanistan, or around 3,000 every day. There is a notable increase in the utilization of antenatal care anc and. In 2008, the abbott fund and direct relief international committed to supporting a leading afghan womenrun organization, the afghan institute of learning ail, in its efforts to improve the health and lives of women and children. Advances in maternal and neonatal health have not matched those of child survival, which registered a 27 per cent reduction in the global underfive mortality rate between 1990 and 2007. Working to improve womens health in afghanistan global. According to unicef, afghanistan s maternal death rate is 1,800 per 100,000 live births, compared to the u. The challenges of improving maternal health are also exacerbated.

Local people are selected to be trained to deliver birth and lifesaving skills bliss lessons in their own villages. Previous graduates have proven to be highly sought after by medical facilities throughout afghanistan because of their advanced level of competence. Maternal and child health book and its scale up as a national programme. Pdf the value of family planning for improving maternal health. In fact, in 2006, badakhshan province in northeast afghanistan had the worst incidence of maternal mortality ever recorded in history. Maternal and perinatal health in developing countries. Health in afghanistan is unsatisfactory but slowly improving. Improving the survival rates of mothers in afghanistan is an issue of immense importance. Influx of an increasing number of afghan refugees and returnees from pakistan and iran. Many women therefore do not attend antenatal visits and give birth at home, running the risk of complications without skilled health personnel present.

Maternal health in afghanistan council on foreign relations. Maternal and newborn health disparities afghanistan. The state of the worlds children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives. In addition, a 20 study by the institute for health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington reported 885 annual maternal deaths in afghanistan. Afghanistan is a poor country recovering from decades of strife. Can community health worker home visiting improve careseeking and maternal and newborn care practices in fragile states such as afghanistan. But afghanistan has recently seen a marked improvement in maternal mortality rates. Nevertheless, significant challenges to improving overall maternal health continue to remain in the realm of healthcare and social structures. The maternal and child handbook is a booklet containing information on safe pregnancy. Unicef works with afghanistan s ministry of public health and other partners to improve services and quality care for children and women.