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In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.
Jacqueline Novogratz

Meaning of "maternal health care" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

maternal health care  [məˈtɜːnəl hɛlθ kɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Maternal health care is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maternal health care in the English dictionary

The definition of maternal health care in the dictionary is care for the health of a pregnant woman provided by a hospital or health centre.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE


aftercare
ˈɑːftəˌkɛə
care
kɛə
childcare
ˈtʃaɪldˌkɛə
daycare
ˈdeɪˌkɛə
decare
ˈdɛkɛə
eldercare
ˈɛldərˌkɛə
lifecare
ˈlaɪfˌkɛə
Medicare
ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə
Obamacare
əʊˈbɑːməˌkɛə
scare
skɛə
skincare
ˈskɪnkɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

materialness
materials
materiel
maternal
maternal death
maternal deprivation
maternal instinct
maternalism
maternalistic
maternally
maternity
maternity allowance
maternity benefit
maternity dress
maternity grant
maternity home
maternity hospital
maternity leave
maternity pay
maternity ward

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

community care
customer care
domiciliary care
easy-care
for all I care
hair care
health care
home care
hospital care
in care
intensive care
long-term care
medical care
mental health care
pastoral care
personal care
primary care
primary health care
residential care
respite care
take care

Synonyms and antonyms of maternal health care in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maternal health care» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

Find out the translation of maternal health care to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maternal health care from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maternal health care» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孕产妇保健
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atención de la salud materna
570 millions of speakers

English

maternal health care
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मातृ स्वास्थ्य देखभाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرعاية الصحية للأمهات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забота о здоровье матерей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cuidados de saúde materna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতৃত্ব স্বাস্থ্যসেবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soins de santé maternelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjagaan kesihatan ibu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesundheitsfürsorge für Mütter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

妊産婦の健康管理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산모의 건강 관리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perawatan kesehatan ibu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chăm sóc sức khỏe bà mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாய்வழி சுகாதார பராமரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मातृ आरोग्य सेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ana sağlığı bakımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cura della salute materna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

macierzyńska opieka zdrowotna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

турбота про здоров´я матерів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de îngrijire a sănătății materne
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μητρικής φροντίδας υγείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die gesondheid van moeders sorg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mödrahälsovård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mødrehelsevesenet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maternal health care

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNAL HEALTH CARE»

The term «maternal health care» is normally little used and occupies the 128.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNAL HEALTH CARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maternal health care» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maternal health care» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maternal health care

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QUOTES WITH «MATERNAL HEALTH CARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word maternal health care.
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Jacqueline Novogratz
In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATERNAL HEALTH CARE»

Discover the use of maternal health care in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maternal health care and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Maternal and Child Health
Successfully tested in prestigious academic programs of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, Third Edition appeals to students across the health professions and those interested in women's health, reproductive health, maternal and ...
Jonathan Kotch, 2012
2
An Analysis of Primary Medical Care: An International Study
Maternal health care is provided by: (a) Maternal health centre Type I, which is incorporated within a hospital department of obstetrics and gynaecology. (b) Maternal health centre Type II, which is usually situated within a health centre or the ...
William John Stephen, 1979
3
Investing in Maternal Health: Learning from Malaysia and Sri ...
Development of Maternal-Health-Care-Related Infrastructure, Sri Lanka, 1931-95 — Not available. a 193 2 data Source: Authors' compilation of data from various sources. Network of Institutions. The field health services are well supported by ...
Indra Pathmanathan, Jerker Liljestrand, 2003
4
Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and ...
Maternal health-care services in developing countries, by contrast, have followed a very different path. Overall, antenatal care tends to be the primary service to receive resources and is widely implemented within maternal health programs.
John Ehiri, 2009
5
No Tally of the Anguish: Accountability in Maternal Health ...
Accountability in Maternal Health Care in India Aruna Kashyap. Measures of maternal deaths and morbidities illustrate the vast disparities in global health and access to health care worldwide. Developing countries, including India, bear 99 ...
Aruna Kashyap, 2009
6
Monitoring Emergency Obstetric Care: A Handbook
Gottlieb P, Lindmark G. WHO indicators for evaluation of maternal health care services, applicability in least developed countries: A case study from Eritrea. African Journal of Reproductive Health, Aug 2002, 6(2):13-22. 15. Kayongo M et al.
‎2009
7
Perspectives on Health and Human Rights
... of Africa.1 It shows that prenatal care, maternal health care facilities and trained health care personnel are virtually non-existent in the region and it provides evidence that violations of human rights contribute to preventable maternal deaths.
Sofia Gruskin, 2005
8
DETERMINANTS OF UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE ...
This book provides practical evidence based information useful to academicians and researchers interested in maternal health.
RUTH MUSILI, 2011
9
Consumer-Centered Computer-Supported Care for Healthy ...
Information technology skills are essential for effective and efficient practice in maternal and child health. The purpose of this study was to develop a web-based multimedia health information system for maternal health care using principals of  ...
H.-A. Park, P.J. Murray, C. Delaney, 2006
10
Social Determinants, Health Equity and Human Development
Say L, Raine R. A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context. Bull World Health Organ 2007; 85(10):812819 Recalling that two ...
Boutayeb Abdesslam, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATERNAL HEALTH CARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maternal health care is used in the context of the following news items.
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Project to improve maternal/child health underway in Upper West
It seeks to make improved maternal health care the community's social norm that everyone promotes and supports, by disseminating health ... «Ghana News Agency, Jul 15»
2
Mothers advised to practise exclusive breastfeeding
She said if midwives were trained in how to do ultrasound scan, there would be an improvement in maternal health care in most health facilities ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
3
More moms avail of health care services
... as a basis so that municipal leaders know if they are falling short when it comes to giving awareness to women about maternal health care. «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
4
Raising the Bar on Respectful Care During Childbirth
There are many unsung heroes helping women get the maternal health care they deserve. People like Edna Adan in Somaliland, Alison Shigo ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda
Residence in rural areas, being Moslem and being married reduced a woman's chances of utilizing moderate maternal health care services. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
6
US$ 10m loan for health system
Mansaray said the project would specifically look at improvement and access to quality maternal health care services both at community and ... «Politico SL News, Jul 15»
7
EMEA: GSMA innovation grant program in action
... Ooredoo is developing a mobile health service to provide women with access to maternal health care information and advice in Mayanmar. «RCR Wireless News, Jul 15»
8
ARMM gets biggest cut of 4Ps budget
... and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health care. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
9
Government happy with construction of health Posts in Nalolo and …
... been encountering difficulties in accessing maternal health care services adding that some expecting mothers were giving birth on the way to ... «Lusaka Times, Jul 15»
10
Papua's maternal health lags behind, says UNFPA
On Wednesday, to improve maternal health care delivery, UNFPA launched a pilot initiative entitled Men Care Papua, which aims to engage ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Maternal health care [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maternal-health-care>. Apr 2024 ».
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