فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
As the world commemorates World Health Day on April 7th, this year’s theme highlights the health of mothers and newborns, a focus that has been central to the Ministry of Health’s strategy for decades. These efforts have yielded significant results, with a notable reduction in maternal and newborn mortality rates. However, this progress prompts us to reflect on the vast difference between the conditions of pregnancy and childbirth in the past and the present.
In the past, pregnancy was often viewed as a normal occurrence, and pregnant women, especially in rural areas, frequently experienced this journey at a young age and involuntarily. They often found themselves responsible for caring for closely spaced children, as family planning methods failed to provide these young mothers with an opportunity to care for their own health, which was often fragile, pale, and chronically fatigued. Furthermore, there was a lack of awareness regarding the importance of a balanced and healthy diet during pregnancy. Additionally, symptoms such as exhaustion, headaches, and persistent nausea were considered commonplace, and might even have led to the consumption of herbs and traditional substances carrying significant risks and complications.
All these factors and circumstances contributed to accelerating risky and arduous childbirths, amidst obstacles to accessing healthcare, including psychological and material barriers.
Today, as we celebrate World Health Day under the theme of maternal and newborn health, we cannot but acknowledge the tremendous efforts made by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, in collaboration with all stakeholders and actors, to ensure healthy motherhood. A comprehensive and multi-faceted strategy has been developed, placing the health of pregnant women and newborns at the heart of its concerns, in all health centers and hospitals. This strategy is overseen by experienced healthcare teams that provide advanced clinical and laboratory examinations, as well as screening with modern equipment that detects all potential diseases such as anemia, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and rapid screening for certain infectious diseases such as AIDS, viral hepatitis, and syphilis. The health sector also organizes awareness sessions in maternity wards, through educational messages that benefit pregnant women and their families to shed light on the risks of certain negative behaviors such as consuming herbs, emphasizing the importance of treating anemia and deficiencies in micronutrients and vitamins, and the necessity of seeking medical advice when danger signs appear to avoid serious complications such as premature births and deaths.
In conclusion, it must be emphasized that healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth largely depend on raising awareness about the necessity of prenatal care, recognizing danger signs, and giving birth in a monitored environment under specialized medical and nursing care, so that women in rural and urban areas alike can enjoy a safe life, avoiding the risks of the past and looking forward to a healthier future.
