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Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation. ____________________________________. Commonwealth Foundation Partner’s Forum 9 th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers’ Meeting Gender issues in the economic crisis recovery and beyond: Women as agents of transformation

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  1. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Commonwealth Foundation Partner’s Forum 9th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers’ Meeting Gender issues in the economic crisis recovery and beyond: Women as agents of transformation Barbados 4-5 June 2010

  2. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ • The health MDGs • * MDG 4: Reduce child mortality • * MDG 5: Improve maternal health • * MDG 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases

  3. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Globally, one woman dies every minute from pregnancy or childbirth related complications.

  4. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ For every woman who dies, twenty more develop infections or other severe disabling problems.

  5. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The decline in maternal mortality is 1.3% per year instead of the 5.5% per year required to achieve MDG 5.

  6. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Between 2000 and 2008 fewer than half of all pregnant women made the WHO recommended minimum four antenatal visits.

  7. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Fewer than 50% of births in Africa and South Asia, where 82% of maternal deaths occur, are attended by a skilled health worker.

  8. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Maternal death is the leading cause of death for girls aged 15-19 years in developing countries.

  9. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The funding gap for maternal, newborn and child health will be about US$20 billion each year between 2011 and 2015.

  10. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ At our current rate of progress, the Millennium Development Goal for improving maternal health will not be achieved until 2045.

  11. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ One of the major reasons for the high levels of maternal mortality in developing countries is women’s lack of access to appropriate health care as a result of their social and economic status, a status that is rooted in public policies of gender inequality.

  12. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The position women occupy and the opportunities they have in the society in which they live is directly related to maternal mortality.

  13. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________

  14. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The adverse impact on health of low socioeconomic status is compounded for women by gender inequities.

  15. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Many of the health problems faced by adult women, leading to an increased vulnerability to maternal mortality, have their origins in childhood.

  16. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Women face particular problems in disasters and emergencies and in situations of political instability and conflict.

  17. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Men still predominantly have political control in most societies and therefore have social and economic control as well.

  18. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The socioeconomic and gender based inequalities that women face affect their access to and use of health care services.

  19. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ The major causes of maternal deaths are: * haemorrhage (25%) * infections (15%) * unsafe abortion (13%) * eclampsia (12%) * obstructed labour (8%) * other direct causes (8%) * other indirect causes (20%)

  20. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________

  21. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________

  22. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ A primary strategy in government action plans to achieve the MDGs should be a focus on the health workforce.

  23. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ 1. LEADERSHIP 2. RESPONSIVE HEALTH SERVICES 3. POSITIVE PUBLIC POLICIES 4. MONITORING OUTCOMES

  24. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ 1. LEADERSHIP 2. RESPONSIVE HEALTH SERVICES 3. POSITIVE PUBLIC POLICIES 4. MONITORING OUTCOMES

  25. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ 1. LEADERSHIP 2. RESPONSIVE HEALTH SERVICES 3. POSITIVE PUBLIC POLICIES 4. MONITORING OUTCOMES

  26. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ 1. LEADERSHIP 2. RESPONSIVE HEALTH SERVICES 3. POSITIVE PUBLIC POLICIES 4. MONITORING OUTCOMES

  27. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ Our failure to make significant progress toward improving maternal health and achieving MDG 5 by 2015 has its roots in gender inequality.

  28. Maternal Mortality and the MDGs Commonwealth Nurses Federation ____________________________________ As women and leaders it is our role and responsibility to be champions for women and call our governments to account and to take action to improve maternal health and meet MDG 5 by 2015.

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