Socio - Economic and Demographic Determinants of Utilization of Maternal Health Care in Mauritania , 2001 | ||||
| المجلة المصرية للسکان وتنظيم الأسرة | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 40, Issue 1, June 2007, Page 1-25 | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mskas.2007.247602 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Providing MHC is of particular importance for both mother and child ; it reduces the risk of pregnancy - related morbidity and mortality and reduces infant mortality as well . It is not enough that these services are made available , they must be utilized . In developing countries , even the limited services that are available are not fully utilized . Many pregnant women under great pressure to meet economic , household and child care responsibilities tend to neglect their health problems until they are too sick to move around . They are often dependent on other family members or friends to help them to get temporary and non - useful medication , which typically has the effect of delaying visits to health professionals , and deteriorating the illness , and certainly results in critical consequences during delivery . ( World Bank , 1999 ) . Infants and children also suffer as a result of poor MHC . Children in their neonatal stage of life are most likely to suffer from neonatal tetanus , low birth weight and consequences from STDs ( if the mother had infections ) , as a result of poor health care of the mother during pregnancy . The poor health of mothers and children represents a drain on all development efforts . Pregnancy related mortality and morbidity are preventable with simple cost effective interventions , including maximum utilization of MHC services . Failure to do so is a denial of fundamental human rights , the right to the highest attainable level of health . ( Nagendi G , 2001 ) . | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 44 |
||||
