Maternal near miss management and maternal mortality prevention

Abstract

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is one of the important indicators for assessing the health status of pregnant women and socioeconomic development. With the development of economy and health status of pregnant women, MMR has continuously decreased especially in developed countries where maternal death is rare. Only using the available information from maternal death or MMR can no longer comprehensively evaluate the quality of maternal health care and the development of women′s health care. Additionally, it is difficult to provide adequate and effective information to improve maternal health policies because of a small number of maternal deaths. Maternal near miss management as an early indicator to describe the dynamic process of maternal death, has great significance for strengthening the dynamic management of maternal deaths and reducing MMR. In order to strengthen the emergency management system of maternal near miss, we review the global management and rescue status of maternal near miss and sum up the experience, to effectively improve the efficiency and quality of maternal rescue, and to reduce the MMR. Key words: Maternal mortality; Maternal near miss morbidity; Management; Prevention; Maternal near miss