Maternal and Child Health 247 Questions With Correct Answers
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Maternal and Child Health |247 Questions| With Correct Answers.
Maternal Death
Causes of Maternal Mortality (Direct)
Causes of Maternal Mortality (Indirect)
Direct causes
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal Mortality Rate
Adult Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death
MDG 5
MDG 5 Target 1
MDG 5 Targ...
Maternal and Child Health |247 Questions| With
Correct Answers.
1). Maternal death
Ans: the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days after termination of
pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related
to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or
incidental causes.
2). Causes of maternal mortality (direct)
Ans: Pregnancy and labor related conditions
Delivery without trained birth attendant
Limited access to emergency treatment during labor
3). Causes of maternal mortality (indirect)
Ans: Factors complicating the obstetric situation or aggravated by pregnancy
-malaria
-anemia
-malnutrition
-diabetes
4). Direct causes
Ans: More than 75% of maternal deaths are due to direct complications of pregnancy
and childbirth, such as severe bleeding, infection, unsafe abortion, hypertensive
disorders (eclampsia), and obstructed labor.
5). Maternal mortality ratio
Ans: (MMR) Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births during a specified
time period, usually 1 year
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, 6). Maternal mortality rate
Ans: (MMRate) Number of maternal deaths per 100 000 women of reproductive age
7). Adult lifetime risk of maternal death
Ans: The probability of dying from a maternal cause during a woman's reproductive
lifespan
8). Mdg 5
Ans: Improve Maternal Health
9). Mdg 5 target 1
Ans: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
Requires 5.5% annual decline
Global annual decrease from 1990 and 2008 was 2.3%
10). Mdg 5 target 2
Ans: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
Increase contraceptive prevalence rate
Reduce adolescent birth rate
Increase antenatal care coverage
Reduce unmet need for family planning
11). Global number of maternal deaths
Ans: Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia account for 87% of maternal deaths
12). Global number of maternal deaths
Ans: 11 countries account for 65% of all these deaths
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan
and Tanzania
13). High maternal mortality rate
Ans: 000 (45 countries)
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, 14). Extremely high maternal mortality rate
Ans: 000 (4 countries: Afghanistan, Chad, Guinea-Bissau and Somalia)
15). Improvement of maternal health
Ans: Since 1990, some countries in Asia and Northern Africa have more than halved
maternal mortality.
There has also been progress in sub-Saharan Africa. But here, a woman's life time risk of
dying during pregnancy and childbirth is still very high at 1 in 39.
16). Barriers to safe motherhood and neonatal care
Ans: Lack of maternal health care
No access to health care
High cost
Lack of information
Cultural preferences
Lack of decision making
Shortages of equipment and drugs
Neonatal care gap between maternal and child health programs
17). Neonatal care gap
Ans: Gap in care for neonates:
Maternal health focuses on the mother
child care starts at 1 month: gap for the neonates
18). High cost
Ans: Even though cities often have health centers that does not necessarily mean that
those living in the slums have access to it
financial reasons and also the care may not be good
19). Safe motherhood
Ans: Care by skilled health personnel
Obstetrical emergency care
Prevention and management of complications of abortion
Family Planning for birth spacing
Reproductive education for women and their families
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, 20). Skilled health personnel
Ans: Doctor
Nurse with OBGYN training
Professionally trained midwives
Community Health workers with additional training
NOT traditional birth attendants
21). Obstetrical emergency care
Ans: C-sections
Blood transfusions
22). Prevention and management of complications of abortion
Ans: Big cause of maternal mortality
Unsafe abortions are very common
23). Family planning for birth spacing
Ans: Increased risk with every pregnancy
If you get pregnant without wanting it, that's a totally unnecessary risk
If you can avoid getting women pregnant when they don't want to you can rule out many
risks of dying in childbirth
If you could provide more family planning for people who want it, you could reduce
maternal mortality by reducing the number of pregnancy
24). Maternal mortality
Ans: An indicator of the health system and the quality of maternity care
Access to care
Quality of care
25). Access to care
Ans: Prenatal visits
Accessibility of birthing center in obstetrical emergencies
Transportation
26). Quality of care
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