What are the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality in Mexico?
The most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality in Mexico are by increasing access to emergency obstetric care; improving women’s access to safe abortion services; reducing unmet need in family planning; improving human resources, both through transforming medical education and by instituting a midwifery model of care; improving quality of care; and continuing to report and analyze causes of maternal deaths. “Vision: In Mexico in 2012, a greater number of women… will have access to health services which are culturally competent, organized in networks which resolve health problems and guaranteeing timely attention and quality care during pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum…” (Ministry of Health, Mexico, 2007: 31). Within the maternal health community, a broad consensus emerged about the basic “…health-sector strategies for [the] reduction of maternal mortality, which include (Starrs, 2007: 1285): comprehensive reproductive health care, including family planning and safe
