Translation of "Maternal death " (English → French) :

Direct maternal death

Late maternal death

Maternal death from unspecified cause occurring during pregnancy, labour and delivery, or the puerperium

Joint Programme for Strengthening National Capacity to Reduce Maternal Deaths and Disabilities

maternity clinic | maternity home | maternity hospital

death record [ registration of death | death registration | death registry | act of death | death certificate ]

In many developing countries it is an underlying cause of at least one third of all child deaths and 20% of maternal mortality every year[9].

[1] Social risks typically cover old age, retirement and age-related dependency, the death of a provider, disability, sickness, maternity, dependent children and unemployment, and, sometimes, the need to care for the frail elderly and disabled or sick relatives.

Despite impressive gains in contraceptive use, a substantial number of mothers still die every year as a result of abortions that are performed without the necessary skills or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards. According to the WHO, maternal deaths and illness can be dramatically reduced by improving the safety of such health services.

1. States that maternal death rates are disproportionately high in developing countries; notes with concern that African women are 175 times more likely to die in childbirth than women in the developed regions of the world; stresses that accessible, affordable, adequate and high-quality emergency obstetric care is vital in order to reduce maternal death rates; emphasises that developing countries need increased numbers of qualified healthcare professionals to attend to women in labour; underlines the need for women, and especially for young girls, to be informed about their sexual and reproductive rights, the health services they can ...[+++] access, the use of contraception methods, and the risk of HIV/AIDS;