Proyecto de atención preventiva de mujeres con alto riesgo reproductivo

Abstract

The reduction in maternal mortality has been seen as a global priority over the past twenty years or so. Many countries, including Mexico, have been committed to developing strategies to meet the aims of the fourth Millennium Development Goal of the Nations United. The maternal mortality due to obstetric causes has shown a downward trend in Mexico in the last twenty years. However, an upward trend is observed when analysing maternal mortality due to indirect causes.

With the objective of contributing to the reduction of maternal mortality due to indirect causes, the Instituto Nacional de Perinatología has proposed the project of ‘High-Risk Reproductive Modules’. This consists in the application of a set of pre-conception care interventions, to be applied in Medical Units where women with serious illnesses receive medical attention, and who, on being adequately controlled and within reproductive age, become pregnant, with the pregnancy being a factor of poor prognosis for the patient.

The project is a strategy in the medical care of women within reproductive age with chronic or systemic diseases, which includes two fundamental objectives: 1) improvement of health care services, 2) improvement of the health of the population. The implementation of this project has the objective of contributing to the reduction of maternal mortality due to an indirect cause, and by using this strategy to reduce the existing gaps in health conditions among the population of our country.