Maternal and perinatal health
PUBLICATIONS
- Clinical guidance
- Policy and programmatic guidance
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Advocacy
- Journal articles
Clinical guidance
2017
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Statement on maternal sepsis
13 February 2017
2016
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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
7 November 2016 -
Companion of choice during labour and childbirth for improved quality of care
Evidence-to-action brief
5 October 2016 -
Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus infection
Interim guidance update
13 May 2016 -
WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of maternal peripartum infections
Executive summary
22 April 2016
2015
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WHO safe childbirth checklist implementation guide
Improving the quality of facility-based delivery for mothers and newborns - WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes
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WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes
Executive summary - WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of maternal peripartum infections
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Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care
A guide for essential practice (3rd edition) - Tool to calculate caesarean section reference rates at health facilities is launched: the C-Model
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Recommendations for Augmentation of Labour
Highlights and Key Messages from World Health Organization’s 2014 Global Recommendations -
WHO statement on caesarean section rates
Executive summary
2013-2014
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Using auxiliary nurse midwives to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions in sexual and reproductive health
Summary information - WHO recommendations for augmentation of labour
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Using lay health workers to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions in sexual and reproductive health
Summary information
2012
- Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health
- WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
- Guidelines on basic newborn resuscitation
2011
- WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
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Prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
Summary of recommendations - WHO Statement on antenatal care
- WHO recommendations for induction of labour
2010
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Packages of interventions
Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health -
Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death
Statement
2009
- WHO Statement regarding the use of misoprostol for postpartum haemorrhage prevention and treatment
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Progestogen-only contraceptive use during lactation and its effects on the neonate
Statement
1996-2008
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Midwifery education modules
2nd edition -
Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth
A guide for midwives and doctors -
Standards for maternal and neonatal care
Group 1: General standards of care for healthy pregnancy and childbirth -
Obstetric fistula
Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development -
Evidence-led obstetric care
Report of a WHO meeting -
Kangaroo mother care
Practical guide -
Managing newborn problems
A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives - Detecting pre-eclampsia : a practical guide, using and maintaining blood pressure equipment
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Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of female genital mutilation
Report of a WHO technical consultation -
Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
A teacher's guide -
Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
A student's guide -
Thermal protection of the newborn
Practical guide -
Care in normal birth
Practical guide
