Zero Preventable Maternal Deaths
Commitment description:The Government of Solomon Islands is committed to progressing toward zero preventable maternal deaths by no later than 2030, in line with SDG 3.7 and SDG 5.6. in particular, we will accelerate the Solomon Islands Population Policy Goal 2, which states that " Infant, child and maternal mortality reduced", through (2.1) improve awareness and educational resources on maternal health; (2.2) Assess accessibility of health facilities in rural and remote areas, particularly for emergency obstetric care; (2.3) Address overcrowding in maternal facilities; (2.4) Improve data collection on births and deaths; and (2.5) Immunization programme strengthened. We will increase the number of supervised delivery by trained skilled birth attendants from 85% to 95 % by 2022, ensure access tobasic and comprehensive obstetric care through quality services and referrals systems and increase ante-natal and post-natal coverage by 2020. We will establish a national system for the maternal and perinatal Death Surveillance and response by 2022.
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionUpscale skilled birth attendants
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(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.
