Medical experts in maternal health say addressing the challenge of blood loss during and after delivery remains crucial to reducing the high maternal mortality rate in Nigeria. Blood loss during and after delivery, they said, is still a major cause of maternal mortality, noting that efforts to reduce death of women from childbirth complications must address issues of blood loss. Blood loss during delivery, called intrapartum haemorrhage, according to Medscape – an online open-access health journal – is sometimes a serious, life-threatening occurrence. According to the World Health organisation, PPH is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-income countries and the primary cause of nearly one-quarter of all maternal deaths globally. “Another common cause of PPH in our environment is prolonged labour and infection, especially when the labour room or instruments used for delivery are not clean enough.

Source: Punch May 01, 2021 23:15 UTC