Information provided to Hürriyet by the Ministry of Health on the subject is as follows: "Under the 'Midwife for Every Pregnancy' item within the Normal Birth Action Plan, 3,400 coordinator midwives have been assigned, taking into account the number of pregnancies, with the aim of providing counseling on birth preparation to pregnant women entering their last trimester.
Coordinator midwives conducted interviews with a total of 727,629 pregnant women across 81 provinces from the program's start date until May 31, 2026, providing counseling on birth preparation. A special information and follow-up process is being carried out for pregnant women in the last three months of their first pregnancy. Within the framework of the application, 22,952 pregnant women received home visits by coordinator midwives.
133,000 EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN 9 MONTHS The High-Risk Pregnancy Monitoring System is a critical application that closely tracks, via digital integration, expectant mothers carrying one of 49 identified different risk diagnoses from before pregnancy through to the postpartum period. The dates for monitoring high-risk pregnancies are reminded to Provincial Health Directorate teams via the system, and the pregnant women are reached by midwives assigned in the districts.
All clinical information and notes can be transmitted via digital integration from family physicians to hospitals and from hospitals to family physicians. The pregnant woman's diagnosis code is displayed as an alert in the hospital systems of the departments she applies to.
If pregnant women diagnosed with high-risk pregnancy request an appointment via MHRS (Central Physician Appointment System), they are given priority for appointments in the departments of cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, chest diseases, neurology, urology, general surgery, psychiatry, and internal medicine. In nine months, a total of 133,261 high-risk pregnant women (over 20 weeks) received counseling services. 61,891 high-risk pregnant women were referred to the relevant departments.
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