Topic: family

These studies and other studies proved that MMR reduction is possible and maybe achievable despite all the obstacles. But with a wider range and more influential and larger spectrum of interventions that suit different areas’ specifications and needs. Thus, working on training medical teams and health care staff members is crucial, and empowering additional staff and trainees, and volunteers to be capable to take care of pregnant women and through delivery process. Work on building health care points and remote points in abandoned and neglected areas which may facilitate seeking health care. Building a database and documentation for pregnancies and delivery cases complications, diagnosis and family history in multiple health facilities such as public facilities, in order to have information and data concerning this issue, so analysis and statistics recording maybe possible, this will lead to having a wider image about MMRs and opens the opportunity for researchers to have more access to helpful data for further development. Supplying health care centers with the needed equipment to deal with urgent and complicated deliveries as well as developing departments for obstetric care and neonatal care. Applying screenings, tests and examination through the pregnancy process, in order to identify risk factors, problems and possible complications that may occur during pregnancy and delivery. Raising awareness, teaching women and family members about the importance of screenings, tests, examinations and seeking periodic medical care, before and during pregnancy, and ask for further healthcare after delivery especially cases with complications for the mother and the child, by applying presentations, workshops, and experts visits to communities, in order to teach about this topic, and raise awareness concerning its effects socially, financially and medically on the short and long terms. Raising awareness concerning young age marriages and pregnancies, and the preparedness of the girls bodies to pass pregnancy periods and giving birth, such as opening enough space of time between delivery and the following one, testing HIV/Aids, and other illnesses and transmitted diseases and explain their effects on having babies, and the complications they may cause to mothers during pregnancy, delivery and afterwards. Recommendations and interventions are needed in all layers starting with the individual locals in the Sub-Saharan countries, moving to the community and community centers, health care facilities, hospitals, reaching influential organization, people in charge, decision and policy makers in a wide range, that may lead to seeking foreign expertise and experience, and fundraising in order to be able to purchase and have access to all needed supplements and equipment, reducing MMRs to the lowest rate possible is a national task lead by the country authorities and government and all parties that can have influence in it due to its importance in saving hundreds of women’s lives, and setting MMRs decrease and improving the quality of women’s lives as part of family health, starting from the Sustainable Development goals for 2030 set worldwide and especially in African countries.