Accessibility and Utilisation Of Maternal and Child Health Services Among BPL Households: A Case Study of Guntur District

Abstract

Mothers and children make up over 2/3 of the whole population. Women in reproductive age (15-49) constitute 21%, pregnant women, 4.5%, children under15, 47%, children under 5, 18%, under 3: 12% and infants: 4%. Maternal mortality is an adverse outcome of many pregnancies. About 80 percent of maternal deaths in are directed obstetric deaths. They result from obstetric complications of the pregnant state (pregnancy, labour, and puerperium), from intervention, omissions, incorrect treatment, or from a chain of events resulting from any of the above.