18 pregnant
women died
in 2017
By: Kevin Murray
This year in Baja California, 18 women died when
they were pregnant, deaths that could have been
avoided with correct prenatal control. Precisely
today is commemorated the First National Day of
Maternal and Perinatal Health, date established by
the authorities of Health as a result of the 678 deaths
of pregnant women occurred in 2015 due to indirect
obstetric causes, that is to say, diseases that suffered
and aggravated in the Gestation
The World Health Organization recognizes that 830
deaths occur in the day, so it is recognized as a
problem of public health and human rights. César
Alonso Salas Verdugo, in charge of the Maternity
Health Program at the State Health Secretariat,
where this day is an opportunity to raise awareness
among women before and during pregnancy to
detect any time they can Have fatal consequences
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