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8. Syphilis is generally transmitted through unsafe sexual intercourse. This commonly
occurs in young people as they have a high frequency of sexual activities.
9. If the syphilis is not treated, it may then progress to a stage characterized by severe
problems with the heart, brain and nerves that can result in paralysis, blindness,
dementia, deafness, impotance and even death if it is not treated.
10. Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium
Neisseria gonorrhoea.

11. Gonorrhoea is spread through sexual contact with an infected person. This includes
oral, anal and vaginal sex. It can also spread from a mother to a child during birth.

12. Chancroid is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores
on the genitalia. It is transmitted from infected person to another by sexual contact.
13. Safe motherhood encompasses a series of initiatives, practices, protocols and
service delivery guidelines designed to ensure that women receive a high quality
gynecological, family planning, prenatal, delivery and postpartum care, in order to
achieve optimal health for the mother, foetus and infant during pregnancy.
14. All women should receive timely and high quality maternal care including antenatal and
postpartum care, assistance by a skilled birth attendant during delivery and emergency
obstetric care.
15. The stage from conception to child birth remain very complicated and risky for
a woman. Therefore, the family members and guardians should take care of a
pregnant woman.
16. A woman should produce maximum two babies and the birth spacing between
them should be 4 to 5 years. It helps in proper care and nourishment of the first
child.

17. The status of safe motherhood can be improved by disseminating safe motherhood
education to people.
18. A pregnant woman should take the foods rich in carbohydrates, protein, fat,
vitamins and minerals. She should consume more fruits and vegetables, milk, meat,
fish, eggs, etc.
19. Females should be healthy enough to bear a child and should gain optimum weight
during pregnancy. Females are not said to be healthy when their weight is below 40
kg.
20. The health problems that occur during pregnancy are called problems during
pregnancy and the period between the conception and delivery is called pregnancy.
21. Abortion can be defined as the ending of pregnancy by removing a foetus or embryo
before it can survive outside the uterus.
22. The World Health Organization recommends safe and legal abortions be available
to all woman. Around 56 million abortions are performed each year in the world
with a little under half done unsafely.

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