Maternal mortality remains high throughout the year 2012. From January to November 2012, maternal mortality reached 605 cases.

Maternal mortality remains high throughout the year 2012. From January to November 2012, maternal mortality reached 605 cases.


Maternal mortality remains high throughout the year 2012. From January to November 2012, maternal mortality reached 605 cases. That figure is equivalent to 100 per 100,000 live births. The main cause is due to the failure of labor and non-obstetric factors.

The Provincial Health Anung Sugihantono Central Java, on Wednesday (26/12), in the city of Semarang, states, until the end of the year there were an estimated 650 cases of maternal mortality in Central Java. The maternal mortality rate (MMR) 2011 recorded 668 cases (116 per 100,000 live births).

"It's not a lot of down. Based on the audit of maternal and perinatal causes of AKI are very diverse, ranging from pre-eclampsia and eclampsia until bleeding as well as other factors, "said Anung.

Factors such as non-obstetric heart failure, tuberculosis, meningitis, kidney failure experienced by pregnant and give birth. Therefore, public health services basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care (PONED) comprehensively continue intensified. Of the 35 districts / municipalities in Central Java, the three districts receive priority handling, the Immigration Office, Bradford, and Cilacap.

In addition to high maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate (IMR) is still high in Central Java, 5112 cases during January-November 2012. In 2011, 4282 cases of infant mortality.

A total of 80 percent occur in perinatal, especially at the age of 0-7 days. Most cases due to low weight babies. It is closely related to the mother's pregnancy.

The existence of health centers are also expected to suppress PONED AKB. District priority is Brebes, Cilacap, Banjarnegara.

In Salatiga, many cases of maternal or sick people, difficulty to the hospital for failing to pay the ambulance service. Therefore, according to the Chairman of the Community Care Salatiga Santo Handoyo, it is now providing free ambulance facility for residents who can not afford