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- Maternal health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Every pregnancy and birth is unique Addressing inequalities that affect health outcomes, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender, is fundamental to ensuring all women have access to respectful and high-quality maternity care
- Maternal Health Unit - World Health Organization (WHO)
All women and newborns have a right to a quality of care that enables a positive childbirth experience that includes respect and dignity, a companion of choice, clear communication by maternity staff, pain relief strategies, mobility in labour and birth position of choice
- World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging . . .
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, which will focus on improving maternal and newborn health and survival World Health Day is marked around the world on 7th April, the anniversary of WHO’s founding in 1948 Each year, it draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
In 2014, 194 Member States of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly endorsed the action plan (Resolution WHA67 10)
- Promoting healthy pregnancy - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antenatal care - regular contact with skilled health personnel during pregnancy - is a core component of maternity care, grounded in a human rights-based approach WHO recommends that women should have eight contacts with a health provider during pregnancy to screen for potential complications and treat problems as they arise including
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