Until recently, there has been an increasing trend towards the recognition and acceptance of the importance of preconception care in preventing neonatal and birth defects. Apparently, maternal health and lifestyle choices prior to pregnancy have been noted to facilitate…
Children are required to be taken for regular MCH visits just after their born to monitor their health and development. The routine MCH appointments include: At 2 weeks- Registration, education on exclusive breastfeeding for the women, eye check and immunization…
Maternal and child health (MCH) services encompass a number of procedural forms of care provided to women or couples to facilitate information support and counsel on various ranges of topics focused on maternal and child health, nutrition , family planning,…
Having recognized the importance of MCH services, it is absolutely necessary that women pursue these services just before, during and after pregnancy. Maternal mortality has declined globally but the necessity to upgrade MCH services remains vital. Strategies and control measures…
Recently, there are increasingly numerous issues in maternal and child health. In specifity, there are rising concerns around the few health care facilities, poor quality of care, inadequate health equipment and few medical personnel especially in under-developed countries. An increased…
The common factors that affect the delivery of Maternal and Child health services encompass: Accessibility challenges– Limited access to health care centres especially in rural areas makes it rather complex for women to obtain maternal and child health(MCH) services. They…
In this blog post, we will look at the factors that affect maternal and child health. They include: Maternal education-An educated woman is more informed to implement decisions concerning her health and her child’s and their overall welfare, and as…
Maternal undernutrition is associated with neonatal and child health effects. It leads to preterm delivery, low-birth weight babies, babies with birth defects, cognitive impairment or under-development and an enhanced risk of child morbidity and mortality in addition to poor development…
In this post we will describe the objectives of Maternal And Child Health(MCH).We will uncover what the programme aims to achieve. MCH objectives aim to: Help women and children obtain the necessary nutrition information on how to achieve optimal growth…
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) is a comprehensive health care approach instituted to ensure the provision of preventive, treatable, rehabilitative services to women during pre-conception, pregnancy and after pregnancy, and for child health and care for children below 5 years.…
