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About Safe Passage to Motherhood Safe Passage to Motherhood, (SPM) was founded to help address the health risks of childbirth. We are a group of health care providers and educators who are committed to empowering communities to improve outcomes for mothers and newborns by bringing the internationally acclaimed Home Based Life Saving Skills program to high need communities. More... Safe Passage to Motherhood Video Mission Our mission is to improve health and childbirth survival for mothers and newborns in low resource settings by providing health education and life saving skills in a culturally sustainable manner. Philosophy We believe that the health of a society is reflected in the well being of its mothers and children. Working for the survival of mothers is a human rights imperative. Watching mothers and children die from preventable complications of childbirth drains the assets and spirit of a community. More... History of Safe Motherhood The Safe Motherhood Initiative is a worldwide effort, launched in 1987, that aims to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Its aim was to draw the world’s attention to the thousands of deaths and millions of serious illnesses that afflict women every year. More... Skilled Attendance at Birth Skilled attendance at all births is considered to be the most critical intervention for ensuring safe motherhood, because it hastens the timely delivery of emergency obstetric and newborn care when life-threatening complications arise. In addition to the attendance of midwife or others with midwifery skills (MOMS), the presence of an enabling environment which can provide comprehensive emergency obstetric care is vital. More... World Maternal Mortality Ratios
The chart at the right shows the number of mothers per 100,000 live births who die each year.
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Childbirth is the leading cause of death and disability for women of reproductive age in the world.