scheme for better perinatal care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Despite great developments in the health sector within the Kingdom, maternal and perinatal mortality rates remain unacceptably high. The main reason for this is the lack of an organized and coordinated system of perinatal care. This paper reviews the current state of perinatal care in the Kingdom and the reasons for the high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. A scheme for a regionalized perinatal care system based on three different levels of care [Level I-III] is suggested