In a report published on Friday April 10, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) issues new recommendations onchildbirth.
Cesarean section should only be performed in a medical emergency
WHO calls for the use of cesarean is reserved only medical situations that require it faced with a phenomenon that it considers epidemic.
“In many developing and developed countries there is really an epidemic of cesarean sections even when they are not medically necessary,” said Marleen Temmerman, director of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at WHO.
This would stem from a desire of doctors to simplify their lives: Caesarean sections can be planned in advance.
Caesarean section has become widespread since the 1980s
While since 1985, the WHO has been content to state an “ideal cesarean rate” between 10% and 15% of pregnancies, childbirth by this route has since become widespread in developed and developing countries. .
According to the latest WHO figures, in 2008 the cesarean section rate per pregnancy was 23% in Europe, 35.6% in the Americas region, and 24.1% in the Western Pacific region.
Cesarean section is not a trivial operation
But the cesarean is still a surgery and is not an insignificant gesture. Even though it is increasingly safe, it remains associated with an increased risk to the health of the mother compared to natural childbirth.
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