TY - CHAP AU - Omosivie Maduka AU - Rosemary Ogu ED - Miljana Z. Jovandaric ED - Svetlana J. Milenkovic Y1 - 2020-03-18 PY - 2020 T1 - Preventing Maternal Mortality during Childbirth: The Scourge of Delivery with Unskilled Birth Attendants N2 - In 2015, there were about 135 million births globally. Each year, complications from pregnancy and childbirth result in about 500,000 maternal deaths, 7 million women have serious long-term problems, and 50 million women have negative health outcomes following delivery. Most of these occur in the developing world. This book discusses many aspects of childbirth and provides recommendations for improving maternal and fetal health. Chapters covers such topics as placental abruption, induced labor, low birth weight, prenatal education programs, and improving the birth space. Authors examine effects of air pollution, consanguineous marriage, and the use of traditional birth attendants on maternal morbidity and mortality. BT - Childbirth SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90463 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.90463 SN - 978-1-78985-962-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -