01 November 2019
Commitment title:
Zero Maternal and Child Mortality
Commitment description:We commit to:
Reduce Child and Maternal Mortality.
Provide good quality antenatal care.
Provide good post-natal care.
Commitment to be actioned in:
South Africa
Submitted from:
South Africa
Submitted by
South Africa
Thematic area
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Commitment category
(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.
