ROLE OF “SOCIAL OBSTETRICS” IN MOTHER CHILD HEALTH CARE W.S.R “SUTIKA SWASTHYA”
Dr. Sakshi Sharma*, Prof. (Dr.) Pramod Kumar Mishra and Prof. Mahendra Kumar Sharma
ABSTRACT
The theme of World Health Day 2005 was “Make Every Mother and Child Count.” In any Community, Mother and Child constitute a priority group & can be considered as one unit. Ayurved gives importance to the care of mother and child at every phase whether it is antenatal, intranatal, or postnatal care. Ayurved classics have briefly described the regimen that should be followed at all the stages. Even though the contemporary science have achieved so much advancement in the various field still the problem of mother & child health care are multifactorial and despite all the current efforts still constitute a serious health problem. Coming together of two health systems in the current situation can provide a better option to meet the requirement of today. In this process, the term such as “Social Obstetrics” & “Sutika Swasthya” have come into the voyage to provide better health care options to mothers and child. An honest attempt has been made to present the model of these two excellent disciplines for the provision of comprehensive mother & child health care.
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