Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities in Serbia
Commitment description:Achieving zero maternal deaths is an important indicator of having achieved universal access to sexual and reproductive health, as contained in SDG target 3.7 and SDG target 5.6. In accordance with the National Program for safeguarding and improving sexual and reproductive health of Serbian citizens and the Strategy for birth promotion, Government Serbia commits to reducing pregnancy complications and further reducing preventable maternal deaths from 11 per 100.000 in 2017 to near zero in 2030, using pre-conception period, pregnancy period and breastfeeding period to achieve optimum health for women by:
-providing counselling on healthy lifestyle,
-improving quality of health care during pregnancy, during and after delivery and
-implementing measures which will enable all women to avoid unplanned pregnancies, and to have good-quality health care after the abortion, including support in avoiding future unplanned pregnancies by timely use of efficient contraception
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionGovernment of Serbia commits to reducing pregnancy complications and further reducing preventable maternal deaths, using pre-conception period, pregnancy period and breastfeeding period to achieve optimum health for women
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.
