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Birth plan helps reduce maternal deaths in Cote d'Ivoire [1]
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Date: 2024-02
Bouake – In Cote d'Ivoire, in 2017, the maternal mortality rate was 614 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, a long way from the target of 140 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births expected by 2030. Gbeke is one of the health regions with one of the highest mortality rates in the country.
Faced with these maternal deaths, most of which are preventable, the Ivorian health authorities have approached the World Health Organization (WHO) for technical and financial assistance to reverse the trend.
In 2021, the WHO, with the support of the Swedish Government and the French MUSKOKA fund, supported this health region through the "Gbeke Là-Haut Là" initiative.
The aim of the programme is to strengthen the skills of midwives in the management of obstetric complications, in particular post-partum haemorrhage, which is the leading cause of maternal death in Côte d'Ivoire. The initiative, planned over three years, aims to reduce avoidable maternal deaths by 75% between 2022 and 2024, with an annual reduction of 25%.
The initiative includes the implementation of a childbirth preparation or delivery plan, starting with the first prenatal consultations, an emergency trolley in the delivery room and capacity-building for midwives in the management of risk factors during pregnancy and childbirth.
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