Life Saver

By: Anthony Andres

Many women nowadays suffers and die from largerly different complications during pregnancy, childbirth and immediate post natal period. Based on World Health Organization, 800 women and more than 8000 newborn dies every day because of the said situations. In addition to this, every year 3 million babies are stillborn. Many of this lives could be saved if every birth were attended by a midwife.

Situations like this are not new to the world. Giving birth is not really easy having the mother’s half body in the grave. In layman’s language, the mother’s life is in 50/50. She either survive or die with delivering her baby. Midwives could save 3.6 million lives worldwide every year by preventing maternal deaths, fetal deaths and newborn deaths.

Midwives are really in need not only to sustain the profession but to save lives especially to save mothers and the babies. They are really important because this midwives can ensure healthy outcomes for the “soon-to-be-mother” and the baby. They can also guide and tracks patients over time to a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels and intensity of supervision. It is called a continuum of care. Midwives can also adjust to variety of settings. It’s very helpful especially in times of emergency. They also strengthen the availability, access to and quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services delivered through them. Many maternal and child deaths could be prevented by an increase in skilled birth attendance. In addition, health personnel with midwifery skills are trained to provide a continuum of high-quality sexual and reproductive health services to mothers, helping to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Increasing investment in midwifery education, deployment and retention, regulation and oversight should be a core component of national strategies to improve women’s and children’s health. These midwives can really be a factor in saving lives.