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“This is also a massive equity issue globally - women everywhere need high quality, evidence-based health care before, during, and after delivery, as well as efforts to prevent and treat other underlying conditions that jeopardise their health,” Allotey said.
Further, the study also reported other health conditions such as infectious and chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, anaemias, and diabetes, underpinning nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of pregnancy and childbirth-related mortality.
These conditions, which often go undetected or untreated until major complications occur, exacerbate risk and complicate pregnancies for millions of women around the world, said the researchers.
Sepsis and infections; pulmonary embolism; complications from spontaneous and induced abortions -- including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancies, and issues relating to unsafe abortions -- were the other direct causes of maternal deaths.
Notably, around a third of women -- primarily in lower-income countries - - still do not receive essential postnatal checks in the first days after birth.
The findings highlight the need to strengthen key aspects of maternity care, including antenatal services that detect risks early in pregnancy and prevent severe complications.
Source : IANS
