Safe Motherhood Initiative and Component is a 3-credit course designed to provide an overview of the status of maternal health in a developing country, identify the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. It incorporates the concept and components of safe motherhood. The course describes the problems during the antenatal intra-natal and post-natal period and measures to prevent these. It will also discuss the role of emergency obstetric care in averting maternal mortality and morbidity. The course also deals with pre-natal care and its importance in preventing neonatal and infant deaths. Social and ethical issues that impact maternal and pre-natal are also considered. The course also includes the various maternal and childhood programs undertaken in Bangladesh and the interventions in MCH care.