child development and public health

Child development and public health



I choose the  maternal mortality. I pick this topic because my cousin all most die give birth to fifth child. She develop  preeclampsia during pregnancy and had the baby early. I pick this topic I wanted to know more information  about maternal mortality. 

I also pick this topic because at work yesterday I saw a powerful video by Merck on the campaign to end maternal mortality in developing country .

In United States 12,7 death per 100.000 live birth.

In the developing country  estimated  "287,000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide in 2010.
This means that each day about 800 women die worldwide because of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Developing countries account for 99 per cent of the deaths. Two regions, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, accounted for 85 per cent of global maternal deaths"( childinfo )
The Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rate of maternal  death  and South Asia have the second 
highest rate of maternal death. ( childinfo)

The goal is to end maternal mortality in the next decade.  Merck have a website  called Merck  for mothers. Also Merck have committed  10 millions dollars to India  for the next  three years  to reduce maternal mortality.  The company that I work  Maternity Care Coalition for  have received  a grant for ten  to do study on  pregnant  women in the city of Philadelphia  from Merck. I am looking forward to more research  on maternal mortality.

 

 

Childinfo.org: Statistics by Area - Maternal mortality - Overview

www.childinfo.org/maternal_mortality.html

Merck for Mothers.com