Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The objectives of this study were to assess the availability, utilization, and quality of emergency obstetric care services in the Governorate of Sousse Tunisia. Emergency obstetric care EmOC indicators were calculated.
No other public facility provided all the 7 Basic EmOC signal functions 3 months prior to the survey. The unperformed signal functions were: administration of parenteral antibiotics, manual removal of placenta and assisted vaginal delivery. The number of EmOC facilities was 0. The met need for EmOC was The proportion of caesarean section was The direct obstetric case fatality rate was 0.
While most pregnancies and births are uneventful, all pregnancies are at risk. It was estimated that in , roughly women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth. Improving maternal health was one of the eight millennium development goals adopted by the international community in In Tunisia, nationally, the MMR is still relatively high.
It was estimated to Low MMR in the West is due today, essentially, to the fact that obstetric complications are identified and treated promptly with a well-functioning health system. Programs to reduce maternal mortality in resource-poor settings, where MMR are high, must be able to treat these complications.
In fact, Emergency obstetric care EmOC , access to family planning and skilled assisted deliveries are three key interventions that have been implemented globally to reduce maternal mortality [ 8 ]. It consists of key interventions or signal functions that must be available at health-care facilities designated to provide either comprehensive or basic EmOC functions [ 1 , 9 ].
