SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

EQUITY AND EDUCATION FOR WOMEN

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Safe Motherhood

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COMMUNICATION FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

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

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The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

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P r i m a r y H e a l t h C a r e

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Communication for Behavior Change

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