|
- 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
- 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
- Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and untreated - WHO
The findings highlight the need to strengthen key aspects of maternity care, including antenatal services that detect risks early in pregnancy and prevent severe complications; lifesaving obstetrics that can manage critical birth-related emergencies like haemorrhage or embolism, and postnatal care
- WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive . . .
This guideline aims to improve the quality of essential, routine postnatal care for women and newborns with the ultimate goal of improving maternal and newborn health and well-being
- World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging . . .
Ensuring maternity and newborn care during humanitarian emergencies, like mobile clinics and health posts in Syria and Sudan, where millions of women and babies would otherwise miss out on lifesaving medical screenings, vaccinations and treatments
- Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
To ensure every child survives and thrives to reach their full potential, we must focus on improving care around the time of birth and the first week of life
- 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
|
|
|