(Formula:EPDPF)
E- Education of mother on Safe Motherhood.
P- Provision of nutritious food.
D- Delivery by TBA(Trained Birth Attendent).
P- Prenatal and postnatal care of mother.
F- Family planning counselling and services.
Education of mother on Safe Motherhood:
The condition of maternal health can be improved if pregnant women are provided with education.
Education contributes women to get married at appropriate age, to maintain birth spacing and plan for family.
Hence, education helps to uplift status of women to have Safe Motherhood.
Provision of nutritious food:
Provision of nutritious food helps to protect health of both mother and child.
Lack of balance diet result in problem of under weight child birth and anaemia to mother.
Thus, light nutritious and easily digestible supplements are to be provided to the pregnant women in the form of proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and water.
Delivery by TBA:
All delivery should be assisted by trained birth Attendents, preferably maternily hospital because , in maternily hospital there is provision of all facilities.
Due to lack of health services and facilities , in context of Nepal, only 19% delivery cases are assisted by TBA.
Prenatal and postnatal care of mother:
It includes care of pregnant women, care during labour and care of mother after delivery.
Supply of nutritious food, maintainance of sanitation, immunization, emotional support from family members, health check up, exercise and rest are the necessary requisites to ensure Safe Motherhood.
Family planning counselling
Family planning counselling helps to make the size of family small, plan the family property, pass a happy life and maintain food health of mother and child.
Likewise, awareness programmes for women, control of unsafe abortion, reproductive health counselling are the factor to promote mother's health during pregnancy.
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