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- Maternal health
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring women and their babies reach their full potential for health and well-being Although important progress has been made in the last two decades, about 287 000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2020 This number is
- Namibia: Maternity waiting homes protect newborns and mothers
The maternity waiting homes are part of a comprehensive approach to bringing better quality care to pregnant women in Namibia The government is also improving access to primary health services, strengthening maternal and perinatal death surveillance, and supplying more ambulances to transport patients to medical facilities
- Maternity protection: Compliance with international labour standards
Maternity protection is a composite indicator that is included in the Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework; it is currently defined as whether the country has maternity protection laws or regulations in place that are compliant with the provisions for leave duration, remuneration and source of cash benefits in Convention No 183
- Maternal Health Unit
The Maternal Health Unit (MAH) provides leadership for improving maternal and perinatal health and well-being and ending preventable maternal mortality MAH generates programmatic-focused evidence, develops guidelines, norms and standards, and supports regions and countries in adaptation, implementation and monitoring of person-centered quality and respectful maternal and perinatal care
- Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: A guide for . . .
The PCPNC is a guide for clinical decision-making All recommendations are for skilled attendants working at the primary level of health care, either at the facility or in the community They apply to all women attending antenatal care, in delivery, postpartum or post abortion care, or who come for emergency care, and to all newborns at birth for routine and emergency care
- Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023: estimates by WHO, UNICEF . . .
The report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2023
- WHO labour care guide: user’s manual
To facilitate effective implementation of the above recommendations, WHO reviewed and revised the design of the previous partograph The LCG was designed for health personnel to monitor the well-being of women and babies during labour through regular assessments to identify any deviation from normality The tool aims to stimulate shared decision-making by health-care providers and women, and
- Countries commit to recover lost progress in maternal, newborn child . . .
This 2024 Resolution commits to tackling the leading causes of maternal and child deaths, especially in the worst affected countries, while improving access to maternity, sexual and reproductive, and comprehensive child health services through stronger primary health care
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