{"id":62545,"date":"2015-10-06T23:12:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T03:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62545"},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:02:52","slug":"few-pregnancy-deaths-but-maternal-health-challenges-remain-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/06\/few-pregnancy-deaths-but-maternal-health-challenges-remain-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Few pregnancy deaths but maternal health challenges remain: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER \u2013 Seven-thousand gynecologists and obstetricians from across the globe have gathered in Vancouver to strategize on measures to improve maternal and reproductive health worldwide.<\/p>\n

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics is releasing a report on Tuesday at its triennial congress saying \u201cmore work needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Challenges range from high mortality rates due to cervical cancer in low-resource countries and unsafe abortions, to the millions of mothers in South Saharan Africa living with HIV infections, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur world has an unfinished agenda in women\u2019s reproductive health,\u201d said Dr. Richard Adanu, co-guest editor of the report, in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to collectively strategize to find new approaches or to persist with proven and successful interventions.\u201d<\/p>\n

But progress has been made since the congress last met, said its president Sabaratnam Arulkumaran at a news conference Monday.<\/p>\n

He said there\u2019s been a \u201cconsiderable reduction\u201d in maternal mortality worldwide, from 540 deaths per 100,000 to 280, or a drop of 45 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is, actually, this can be further reduced,\u201d Arulkumaran said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are here today, trying to (make) action plans.<\/p>\n

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He said doctors can save more women\u2019s lives by improving emergency obstetrics, safe abortion care and contraceptive coverage.<\/p>\n

The federation is targeting about 20 countries that contribute to 77 per cent of maternal mortality and 74 per cent of child mortality globally, he added.<\/p>\n

They say focusing on nine key causes of mortality could save up to half of those lives by 2035.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s working with groups such as the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Pediatric Association.<\/p>\n

Canada has been a leader in improving maternal health on several fronts, said one of the federation\u2019s past presidents, Dorothy Shaw.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very interested in getting the Canadian public aware of what Canada\u2019s contribution is,\u201d said Shaw, who is also vice-president of medical affairs at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n

Canada does not meet the United Nations\u2019 Millennium Project goal for rich countries to commit 0.7 per cent of gross national product toward development aid, but she said the government has stepped up on maternal and child health.<\/p>\n

Last May, the Conservative government announced another $3.5-billion toward maternal and child health in low-income countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it ever enough?\u201d she said with a chuckle. \u201cIt was more than civil society asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Jennifer Blake, CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, told delegates on Monday about a successful project that has benefited from government funding.<\/p>\n

The project conducted maternal mortality audits at 22 health centres in Mali, which Blake said is one of the most complicated and unstable countries due to war.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot\u2019s going on,\u201d she said. \u201cCanada doesn\u2019t get credit for the work it has done.<\/p>\n

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