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It is a miracle I find myself-as a woman, sitting in a safe home in a middle-class neighborhood, where it is almost effortless to find medical treatment to prevent and treat debilitating conditions. The expansion of knowledge regarding the promotion of Maternal and Child health care has become more than a simple passion of mine, it is become one of my biggest life goals- to help reduce the number of women who suffer from preventative conditions. Mothers and Children are one of the most important facets of a society as they both are required to continue the legacy of a great society. This legacy is being jeopardized.
According to the United Nations (2008) of the two hundred million women who would like to delay or avoid childbearing, nineteen million unsafe abortions are performed, which results in sixty-eight thousand deaths. This is one example of how severe maternal mortality can be; however, the leading causes of death of women in low-income countries are HIV/AIDS, and Maternal conditions. These are both circumstances that can be treated and even prevented depending on the situation.
What must occur in order to mediate deadly consequences is to implement programs that promote safe sexual practices as well as family planning. These programs would need to carefully overcome the cultural stigmatization that is often associated with contraception. Being able to choose whether or not one wants to expose one’s self to potential diseases or even prevent conception, ought to be a human right, and in certain areas this is not the case. It is because of this forced acquiescence, that girls become mothers when they do not posses the economic stability to enjoy simple resources such as pre-natal vitamins, food, and clean water. This is why the promotion of Maternal and Child health must be addressed; otherwise this complacency will only breed a new generation, who suffer from old consequences.
United Nations, (September, 2008). End Poverty 2015 Millennium Development Goals. Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml
