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In Chad, one in 15 women die to complications of giving birth. This translates into 6.7% mortality, the highest in the world. Setting goals for achieving related millennium development goal (MDG) will have an enormous impact upon the global society. In Chad, performing trauma and surgical care intervention without enough trained staff is the norm. If there were enough trained staff the mortality rate would drop drastically and circumvent the need for increased emergent care. Maternal mortality has a noteworthy price tag in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa which necessitates international intervention to increase investment and coverage in these areas.
Keywords: Chad, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity, maternal and child health, MCH, antenatal care
Introduction
The maternal mortality ratio in developing regions is still 14 times higher than in the developed regions ("Goal 5," n.d.). This is unsettling due to the development and abundance of equipment and materials available worldwide. This alarming rate usually stems from lack of personnel to attend high risk deliveries and lack of education. These deaths can be avoided. Almost the entire maternal morbidity is preventable by proper care and supervision of the mother during pregnancy. Health services provided to mothers after delivery comprise an essential component of the package of maternal and child health (MCH) services in any population (Naseem, 2015). The millennial goal of improving maternal health is important to addressing the global burden of disease because these women are suffering from preventable scenarios for the most part and the children of these mothers also suffer greatly when these mothers die. In Bangladesh the mortality rate dropped by more than 40% in under 10 years when the government focused on providing core services for maternal and child health for the rural population through district hospitals, health complexes, union family welfare centers, and satellite clinics. The primary focus was to promote antenatal care, tetanus toxoid immunization, iron supplementation, clean delivery practices, and family planning (El Arifeen, 2014).
The U.S. enjoys many privileges the majority of the world does not; yet, those in the U.S. still have poor prenatal care. In fact, the U.S. ranks the worst among the developed countries (Creanga, 2014). With maternal health increased, the need for emergency procedures that are dangerous to the child in utero...