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Unnecessary Cesarean Section Delivery Causes Risk to Both Mother and Baby: A Commentary on Pregnancy Complications and Women's Health.
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- Preventing the preventable: Assessing the burden of incessant caesarean deliveries in select Indian states using NFHS-5.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Caesarean section and respiratory system disorders in newborns.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2024Review
- Urgent need to address increasing caesarean section rates in lower-middle-income countries like Bangladesh.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Obstetric risk profiles and causes of death: Estimating their association with cesarean sections among maternal deaths in Mexico.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Optimizing caesarean section use and feasibility of implementing the Robson classification system: Perspectives of healthcare providers and policymakers.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Does Obesity Influence Women's Decision Making about the Mode of Delivery?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and associated factors for elevated fear and depressive symptoms among the private service holders in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- The impact of excessive caesarean deliveries on gestational age at birth in Mexico: National-level trends, 2010-2023.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
In Bangladesh, 3.6 million babies are born each year. But the country is now facing a quickly rising rate of cesarean section (C-section) utilization. Here about 50% of total deliveries are institutional. Among them, two-thirds are in private care facilities, where the rate of C-sections is very high (83%). The present C-section rate is 2.5 times higher than in the previous decades. In Bangladesh, many physicians from private facilities are recommending C-section regardless of the mother's physical condition and the position of the fetus. Therefore, mothers are more likely to choose C-section delivery who receive antenatal care from a private facility. Moreover, several socio-economic and demographic factors might be responsible for these increased C-section deliveries. Also, many private hospitals prefer C-section delivery due to their profit-making tendency. The unnecessary C-section delivery causes risk to both mother and baby Also, the high prevalence of C-section in Bangladesh is putting women's health at risk. Therefore, the government healthcare authorities should ensure proper utilization of C-section facilities and encourage people for normal births at any health facility. Also, they can develop a national guideline for the use of C-sections and normal delivery depending on the physical condition of the mother and fetus.
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