Pregnancy and childbirth related complications are the leading causes of morbidity and

mortality among women of reproductive age in developing countries. 13 it is estimated that

18,000 to 25,000 mothers die each year in Pakistan due to pregnancy related causes, of
those 13 to 16 % deaths occur during the postpartum period and deaths from vagino-utero
sepsis contribute 12.4%. These deaths are mostly preventable.7

In India the Average of MMR is 407 per 100,000 live births its increase compare
to other country and Sri Lanka respectively21. Within the country in India the states
above this average are Uthar Pradesh 70 per 100,000 live births, Rajasthan 670, Madhya
Pradesh 498, Bihar 451, and Assam 408. 15 In Karnataka at kolar district there are 25,846
population among 1015 delivers were conducted in that, there are 4 death due to cause of
infection.

The millennium development goal 5 seeks to reduce maternal death below 100 by
2015. Current maternal mortality being quite high, our country needs to take up effective
strategy of improvement of maternal mortality. In Karnataka, kolar district SNR hospital,
there are 986 deliveries are conducted in the year 2007 and 4 death due to cause of
postnatal infection.13