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MONITORING OF SAFE MOTHERHOOD AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC STATUS OF KUSHTIA DISTRICT, BANGLADESH (Pages : 19 - 23)

Safe motherhood means ensuring that all women receive the care they need to be safe and healthy throughout pregnancy and childbirth. In developing countries, however, the reality of safe motherhood is often grim. The study was conducted on 410 women of whom 235 were pregnant, 130 were lactating mother and 45 were delivery women from January to October 2009 of Kushtia District in Bangladesh. The data were collected by questionnaire method and socioeconomical and health related issues were examined. Anemic condition was determined on the basis of haemoglobin level and diagnostic results of respondent were considered as the results. The study revealed that only 31.46% of the respondents have awareness about safe motherhood. The study also demonstrated that 13.90% of them completing full doses of vaccination, 71.06% pregnant women monitored regular medical check up, 65.12% of the respondents took additional vitamin and mineral containing medicine, 47.65% of had normal requirements of food. It was found that the severely anemic, moderately anemic, mildly anemic and non anemic were 9.27%, 54.88%, 24.15% and 11.71% respectively. It was also found that about 73.89% and 42.17% were safe in urban and rural areas, respectively. Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), vomiting and high blood pressure (BP) were found in most of the pregnant women. The present study indicated that both socio-economic status and availability of medicine and health care facilities in safe motherhood are critical for saving lives of woman.Download