SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

Safe Motherhood
Post-Abortion Care Family Planning Ante-Natal Care STD-HIV Control Post-Natal Care Obstetric Care

COMMUNICATION FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE EQUITY AND EDUCATION FOR WOMEN

1. Family Planning

Increase number service delivery points Encourage adolescents to delay first pregnancy Encourage couples to space births Update service providers skills:

Contraceptive technology Counseling

2. Ante-Natal Care

Provide iron+folic acid supplements Conduct immunization against tetanus Conduct routine deworming Provide presumptive treatment for malaria

Screen for risk factors

3. Skilled Obstetric Care at Birth

Increase the number of midwives Update providers life saving skills Monitor labor using a partograph Provide essential obstetric care Improve referral system

Mobilize ambulance/transportation services

Provide vitamin A supplement after delivery

4. Post-Natal Care

Identify and manage danger signs Counsel and provide family planning services Counsel on maternal nutrition during lactation Promote good traditional social support Conduct maternal mortality audits and review meetings

5. Post-Abortion Care

Train and equip personnel to offer MVA Counsel and provide family planning services

Start prompt treatment for sepsis

6. STD/HIV Control

Offer voluntary testing and counseling Screen pregnant women for syphilis Manage cases and their complications

Continue and expand ongoing successful

prevention activities

Family Planning Ante-Natal Care Obstetric Care

Safe Motherhood
Post-Natal Care Post-Abortion Care STD-HIV Control

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

Family Planning Ante-Natal Care Obstetric Care

Safe Motherhood
Post-Natal Care Post-Abortion Care STD-HIV Control

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

Communication for Behavior Change

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

Safe Motherhood
Post-Abortion Care Family Planning Ante-Natal Care STD-HIV Control Post-Natal Care Obstetric Care

Communication for Behavior Change Primary Health Care

The Six Pillars of Safe Motherhood

Safe Motherhood
Post-Abortion Care Family Planning Ante-Natal Care STD-HIV Control Post-Natal Care Obstetric Care

Communication for Behavior Change Primary Health Care Equity and Education for Women

Benefits of these Actions

Estimated for: Better ante-natal care Better obstetric care Reduction of: Malaria Anaemia Iodine deficiency Not Estimated for: Better neonatal care Better family planning Reduced incidence of STDs/HIV