Understanding the diseases that affect maternal and child health (MCH) is a global public health concern. Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period while child health specifically refers to physical, mental and social well-being of a child (World Health Organization, 2014). MCH is a dynamic field that aims to improve the health of women, children, youth, and entire families and communities, while addressing health inequities and the systems and policies
Social deprivation is not allowing a child to have access to healthy/normal opportunities within society e.g. maternal bonds, good education, good mental health, money in the household, this can have detrimental effects on a child's development. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard documented on how extreme deprivation within environmental changes can disrupt normal development (Text book Pg. 57-58), the evidence presented was Victor the wild boy of Aveyron.(Feral Child). Victor was isolated from any social
ARI annually (WHO, 2006). Whereas in the industrialized nations 1% to 3% of the deaths in children under 5 years of age are due to pneumonia, in developing nations pneumonia is responsible for 10% to 25% of deaths in children under 5 years of age. Health services access can serve to explain this disparity, due to the fact that ARI is one of the principle reasons for medical consultations and hospitalizations in the developing countries.
BOOK REVIEW HEALTH ECONOMICS PEOPLE’S HEALTH MOVEMENT (2011), GLOBAL HEALTH WATCH III SUBMITTED BY:- AYUSHI BASOYA M.A. ECONOMICS 3rd SEMESTER GROUP 1 The book “Global Health Watch III” published in the year 2011, gives us an analysis of the health and health care issues across the globe. A huge variety of issues related to health and health care have been dealt in this book. The book deals not just with issues directly related to health but also with other political, economical and social
until birth Secondly according to researchers of the National Institutes of Health ([NIH], 2013), during each prenatal stage, environmental factors affect the development of the foetus. The developing fetus is completely dependent on the mother for life, and it is important that the mother receives prenatal care, which is medical care during pregnancy that monitors the health of both the mother and the fetus. Routine prenatal care can reduce the
pregnancy. The main aim of our study was to find the relationship between gestational weight gain with factors such as demographic factors, type of delivery and maternal comorbidities. Method: A prospective, multi-centric study involving 67 pregnant women of different villages of Mehsana district of Gujarat region was conducted from February 2012 to April 2012. Pregnant women who met inclusion criteria based on the history and clinical examination were presented in the study. Patient information such
Undeniably any effort to calculate the impact of HIV/AIDS among the various vulnerable population groups would be totally unfair and unequal. However, beyond any subjectivity that can characterize an issue that hints vulnerability topics when the debate comes onto impacts relating to children, then every priority has to be focused on them. Children, as in all respects the most vulnerable group, subject severe consequences due to aids epidemic. HIV/AIDS blast has, and will, precipitate enormous suffering
society, fairness, or specific virtues. Secondly, ethics refers to the study and development of one's ethical standards. Overall, Ethics establishes the rules and standards that govern the moral behaviour
her ability to conceive and give birth and this has been described as the most blissful event in her life. The Glory of Motherhood has been celebrated by all women since human life began on this earth with exceptions being a rarity. However this study talks about the ?not-so-talked? aspect of Motherhood, the pain, the fear, the stress, the nightmares,
helpful in population estimation, projection and analytical studies. Medical research involving community public health programmes, drugs, pharmaceutics require vital statistical figures of birth, deaths, premature birth etc. which serve as guidepost to them. v. Use by Public Health Organizations At national and international level, vital statistics are required for proper planning, implementation, operation and evaluation of public health