Health Problems and Provisions for Pregnant Women Attending Government Hospitals in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State

📄 Project Abstract

The health of a pregnant woman determines to a large extent the health of the family. A healthy pregnant woman brings forth a healthy baby with better chance of survival. These have made us to know that health of pregnant women deserve special attention because during pregnancy, the extra demand made by the foetus on the mother and also due to hormonal influence, the mother is posed with many health problems, for one to understand health problems require that the concept of health be clarified (Park, 2009). Health as a concept means different things to different people. The world health organization, (1948) defined health as the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This embraces all aspect of human health namely physical, social, mental or emotional and it involves more than being ill in bed or being disabled. This is applicable to everyone including pregnant women at Maiduguri metropolis. By this wholistic definit...