Maternal health
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Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling experience, in most cases, and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, in other cases.
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See also
- Complications of pregnancy
- Child development
- Maternal Health Task Force
- Global health
- Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health
- Health care providers
- Birth attendants
- Sex education
- Reproductive health
- Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
- Women's health
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