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20th Anniversary of Safe Motherhood Initiative - Renewed commitments for maternal and newborn health survival
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Making Pregnancy Safer Annual Report 2006
Supporting countries to improve maternal and newborn health. The Annual Report 2006 provides an overview of MPS activities.
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Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality: Country, Regional and Global Estimates 2004
Updated country, regional and global estimates for neonatal and perinatal mortality can assist to guide policies aimed at reducing neonatal and perinatal deaths.
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WHO recommended interventions for improving maternal and newborn health
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French version [pdf 842kb]
WHO Recommendations for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage
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Annexe 4: GRADE evidence profile [pdf 460kb]
Monitoring and Evaluation of Maternal and Newborn Health and Services at the District Level
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Technical consultation on the integration of HIV interventions into maternal, newborn and child health services
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Promoting the Health of Mothers and Newborns
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Annual Report 2005
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Meeting of Development Partners Report - Stockholm
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Note for the Record Report - New York
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Midwifery Educational Modules
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WHO policy brief for Global Fund proposal development on malaria in pregnancy
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Maternal health care wins district vote in Uganda
One district in Uganda has dramatically reduced the number of womens’ deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth. Now the government is considering how to extend the same level of maternal care to women to the country’s remaining 75 districts.
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MPS Technical Update
Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage by Active Management of Third Stage of Labour
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Opportunities for Africa's newborns
Practical data, policy and programmatic support for newborn care in Africa
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MPS briefing
Briefing from the Department of Making Pregnancy Safer including vision and strategic approach.
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Obstetric fistula: guiding principles for clinical management and programme development
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Key steps for maternal and newborn health care in the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon
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Issues in maternal-newborn health and poverty: moving towards universal coverage
The effect of maternal–newborn ill-health on households [pdf 3.63Mb]
The costs of maternal–newborn illness and mortality [pdf 3.75Mb]
Impact on economic growth of investing in maternal–newborn health [pdf 3.65Mb]
Report of a technical consultation on birth spacing
Recommendations for birth spacing made by international organizations are based on information that was available several years ago. While publications by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations recommend waiting at least 2–3 years between pregnancies to reduce infant and child mortality.
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Policy brief [pdf 574kb]
Strategic Approach to Improving Maternal and Newborn Survival and Health
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Factsheet: Ensuring skilled care for every birth
No issue is more central to global well-being than maternal and perinatal health. Every individual, every family and every community is at some point intimately involved in pregnancy and the success of childbirth. Yet every day, 1 600 women and over 10 000 newborns die due to complications that could have been prevented.
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Earthquake in Pakistan
Key steps to protect pregnant women and newborn infants in earthquake affected areas in Pakistan
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Malaria in pregnancy
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Featured publications
Neonatal and perinatal mortality
The report provides estimates of neonatal and perinatal mortality in regions and countries for the year 2000. It also chronicles sources of data and methods for developing estimates from countries with incomplete or no available data.
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Back cover [pdf 64kb]
Standards for Maternal and Neonatal care
The Standards for Maternal and Neonatal Care consists of a set of user-friendly leaflets that present World Health Organization (WHO) key recommendations on the delivery of maternal and neonatal care in health facilities, starting from the first level of care.
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Updated second edition: Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care
Aimed at skilled attendants working at the primary health care level in settings with limited resources, this book provide guidance on how to deliver essential care to women.
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French [pdf 5.1Mb]
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Overview of changes
World Health Report 2005
Investing in maternal-newborn health
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