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Good health is a precondition for human productivity and for the progress. The development of society depends largely on the quality of the life of its citizens. Health is an significant feature in the achievement of status, and is also an indicator of social status, mainly for women, whose physical condition, to a great extent, by social attitudes and values. These social values and attitudes also influence the condition and use of preventive and remedial health care, including maternal care. The health care facilities offered by a community in the form of medical, particularly maternity services for women, is a significant indicator of the emphasis that a community places on the health of its women.