Title : Maternal health improvement among low socioeconomic status women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract:
Wellbeingness of mothers & their children are of critical importance, both as a reflection of the current health status of a large segment the world's population and as a predictor & indicator of the health of the next generation.
Though the commonest causes of maternal health obstacles are preventable, it's impact and complications worsens in a women with low socioeconomic status. Among the commonest causes direct obstetric complications accounts for 85% the deaths. The long term conditions & complications such as fistula, uterine prolapse, chronic pelvic pain, depression and exhaustion also affects the maternal health.
Eventhough there is an improvement in maternal mortality rate in Ethiopia, 401/100,000, a lot of work has to be done to improve the maternal health. The betterment of maternal health has a direct relation with the socioeconomic status of a women. Therefore necessary measures has to take to improve the quality of maternal health.
Some of the measures can be:
- Empower and educate women
- Improve nutritional status
- Access to resources and income
- Enhance access to family planning
- Timely ANC follow up during pregnancy
- Improve management of normal delivery by skilled professional
- Access to emergency obstetric and neonatal care when needed
- Timely post natal care
This study will give a clue on some important methods to improve maternal health especially for a women living in low socioeconomic status.
It also enlightens the government and non-governmental organizations who are working in this area to correct and revise their policies regarding maternal health in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
