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SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE
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The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
EQUITY AND EDUCATION FOR WOMEN
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
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COMMUNICATION FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
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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
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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
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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
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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
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5. Post-Abortion Care
Train and equip personnel to offer MVA
Counsel and provide family planning
services
Start prompt treatment for sepsis
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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
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The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
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Safe Motherhood
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The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
P r i m a r y H e a l t h C a r e
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The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood
E q u i t y a n d E d u c a t i o n f o r W o m e n
P r i m a r y H e a l t h C a r e
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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