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    The document outlines the six pillars of the Safe Motherhood Initiative: family planning, ante-natal care, skilled obstetric care at birth, post-natal care, post-abortion care, and STD-HIV control. It describes recommended actions under each pillar to improve maternal health, such as increasing access to family planning services, providing iron and immunizations during pregnancy, and expanding treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The initiative aims to reduce risks to mothers through improved healthcare practices before, during, and after childbirth.

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    The document outlines the six pillars of the Safe Motherhood Initiative: family planning, ante-natal care, skilled obstetric care at birth, post-natal care, post-abortion care, and STD-HIV control. It describes recommended actions under each pillar to improve maternal health, such as increasing access to family planning services, providing iron and immunizations during pregnancy, and expanding treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The initiative aims to reduce risks to mothers through improved healthcare practices before, during, and after childbirth.

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    The document outlines the six pillars of the Safe Motherhood Initiative: family planning, ante-natal care, skilled obstetric care at birth, post-natal care, post-abortion care, and STD-HIV control. It describes recommended actions under each pillar to improve maternal health, such as increasing access to family planning services, providing iron and immunizations during pregnancy, and expanding treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The initiative aims to reduce risks to mothers through improved healthcare practices before, during, and after childbirth.

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    Safe Motherhood PDF

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    The document outlines the six pillars of the Safe Motherhood Initiative: family planning, ante-natal care, skilled obstetric care at birth, post-natal care, post-abortion care, and STD-HIV control. It describes recommended actions under each pillar to improve maternal health, such as increasing access to family planning services, providing iron and immunizations during pregnancy, and expanding treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The initiative aims to reduce risks to mothers through improved healthcare practices before, during, and after childbirth.

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    SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

    The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

    Safe Motherhood

    Post-Abortion Care
    Family Planning

    STD-HIV Control
    Post-Natal Care
    Ante-Natal Care

    Obstetric Care

    COMMUNICATION FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

    PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

    EQUITY AND EDUCATION FOR WOMEN


    1. Family Planning

     Increase number service delivery points

     Encourage adolescents to delay first pregnancy

     Encourage couples to space births

     Update service providers’ skills:

     Contraceptive technology

     Counseling
    2. Ante-Natal Care

     Provide iron+folic acid supplements

     Conduct immunization against tetanus

     Conduct routine deworming

     Provide presumptive treatment for


    malaria

     Screen for risk factors


    3. Skilled Obstetric Care at Birth

     Increase the number of midwives


     Update providers’ life saving skills
     Monitor labor using a partograph
     Provide essential obstetric care
     Improve referral system
     Mobilize ambulance/transportation services
     Provide vitamin A supplement after delivery
    4. Post-Natal Care

     Identify and manage danger signs

     Counsel and provide family planning services

     Counsel on maternal nutrition during lactation

     Promote good traditional social support

     Conduct maternal mortality audits and review


    meetings
    5. Post-Abortion Care

     Train and equip personnel to offer MVA

     Counsel and provide family planning


    services

     Start prompt treatment for sepsis


    6. STD/HIV Control

     Offer voluntary testing and counseling

     Screen pregnant women for syphilis

     Manage cases and their complications

     Continue and expand ongoing successful


    prevention activities
    Family Planning

    Ante-Natal Care

    Obstetric Care

    Post-Natal Care
    Safe Motherhood

    Post-Abortion Care

    STD-HIV Control
    The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
    Family Planning

    Ante-Natal Care

    Obstetric Care

    Post-Natal Care
    Safe Motherhood

    Post-Abortion Care
    Communication for Behavior Change

    STD-HIV Control
    The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
    The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

    Safe Motherhood

    Post-Abortion Care
    Family Planning

    STD-HIV Control
    Post-Natal Care
    Ante-Natal Care

    Obstetric Care

    Communication for Behavior Change

    Primary Health Care


    The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

    Safe Motherhood

    Post-Abortion Care
    Family Planning

    STD-HIV Control
    Post-Natal Care
    Ante-Natal Care

    Obstetric Care

    Communication for Behavior Change

    Primary Health Care

    Equity and Education for Women


    Benefits of these Actions
    Estimated for:
     Better ante-natal care

     Better obstetric care

     Reduction of:

     Malaria

     Anaemia

     Iodine deficiency

    Not Estimated for:


     Better neonatal care

     Better family planning

     Reduced incidence of STDs/HIV

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