Improving Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: A sustainable model: collaboration between Singapore and Tamil Nadu, India

Shephali Tagore, Sonali Chonkar, Lam Ka Shun, Maria Binte Jumhasan

INTRODUCTION: The planning to enhance Maternal and Child health in Tamil Nadu, India started in April 2014 between Tamil Nadu government in India and Singapore. The successful phase one was completed in 2018 (2015 to 2018). Phase 2 was started in 2023 with completion planned in 2025.

 

AIMS: Our aim is to train skilled health attendants to enable them to better manage obstetric emergencies which would help in the long term goal of reducing maternal as well as neonatal morbidity and mortality rates. Severe bleeding, infections, high blood pressure, complications during labor and unsafe abortions are responsible for the lion’s share of maternal deaths. Most of these deaths are potentially preventable with effective interventions. High risk obstetrics with emergency clinical care, thus, remain our focus of training