Evidence to the Enquiry on Maternal Morbidity
Realising Rights has responded to the call from the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health for evidence on the topic of maternal morbidity.
The group invited submissions from interested organisations and individuals with relevant experience and expertise – especially from developing countries. They were particularly interested in receiving submissions, including country case studies, which address the following issues:
- Unwanted pregnancies
- Unsafe abortions
- Prolonged obstructed labours - obstetric fistula
- Eclampsia and pre eclampsia
- Haemorrhage and anaemia
- Infections including HIV
- Postnatal depression
Our submission (pdf) concentrated on three main areas: the urgent need to put in place interventions and services to prevent unwanted pregnancies and improve sexual and reproductive health, research findings on the costs associated with unsafe abortions and information on the scale of the problem of congenital syphilis and entry points for improving action in this area.
Find out more
Download our evidence (pdf)
>>Read our briefing on congenital syphilis (pdf)
>>Read our briefing on safe abortion (pdf)
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