Maternal health

This Executive Summary provides a snapshot of the contents of the Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017 report, which shows internationally ...

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Most maternal deaths are preventable. In order to end preventable maternal deaths, accurate information on how many women died, where they died and how...

Maternal mortality is decreasing globally, but not fast enough and with critical inequalities across the regions of the world. Dying while giving birth...

This up-to-date, comprehensive and consolidated guideline on essential intrapartum care brings together new and existing WHO recommendations that, when...

This comprehensive WHO guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on routine antenatal care. The guidance aims to capture the complex...

This publication on WHO recommendations related to maternal health is one of four in a series; the others relate to newborn, child and adolescent health....

The WHO Labour Care Guide is a tool that aims to support good-quality, evidence-based, respectful care during labour and childbirth, irrespective of the...

While most pregnancies and births are uneventful, all pregnancies are at risk. Around 15% of all pregnant women will develop a potentially life-threatening...

During labour and childbirth, many women want to be accompanied by a spouse/ partner, family, community member or friend. Studies have shown that having...

A paucity of scientific evidence exists on how to best treat pregnant or breastfeeding women with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD). Historical...

This guideline examines the evidence and makes recommendations and remarks on the implementation of some of the details of breastfeeding counselling, such...

The postnatal period is a critical phase in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur during this time. Yet, this...

This report documents the voices and experiences of 2 470 midwifery personnel who provide care to childbearing women and their newborns in 93 countries....

The meeting was convened in the context of increasing evidence to indicate that a consistent barrier to the provision of quality midwifery care is inadequate...

Many women experience disrespectful and abusive treatment during childbirth in facilities worldwide. Such treatment not only violates the rights of women...

The Thinking Health manual outlines an evidence-based approach describing how community health workers can reduce prenatal depression through evidence-based...

The UNFPA–WHO International Meeting on the Interface Between Reproductive Health and Mental Health, Maternal Mental Health and Child Health and Development...

The primary audience of these recommendations includes healthcare providers who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols (particularly...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), namely cancers, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are chronic, costly but largely preventable...

The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience...

The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience...

The Nutrition Decade presents an unprecedented opportunity for accelerating country-led actions to end hunger, eliminate all forms of malnutrition, and...

The primary audience of this recommendation includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols (particularly...