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Maternal and perinatal health

PUBLICATIONS

• Clinical guidance
• Policy and programmatic guidance
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Advocacy
• Journal articles

Policy and programmatic guidance

2017

• Reaching the every newborn national 2020 milestones
  Country progress, plans and moving forward
  23 June 2017
• Statement on maternal sepsis
  13 February 2017

2016

• 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
• The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM
  16 August 2016
• Time to respond: a report on the global implementation of maternal death surveillance and response (MDSR)
  16 August 2016
• Making every baby count: audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths
  16 August 2016
• Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities
  9 August 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

• WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes
• WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes
  Executive summary
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of maternal peripartum infections
• H4+ partnership: joint support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report - 2014
• Tool to calculate caesarean section reference rates at health facilities is launched: the C-Model
• WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes
  Highlights and Key Messages from the World Health Organization’s 2015 Global Recommendations
• A practical guide for engaging with mobile operators in mHealth for RMNCH
• WHO statement on caesarean section rates
  Executive summary
• Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)

2014

• H4+ partnership: joint support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report - 2013
• Prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth
• Strengthening the inclusion of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child (RMNCH) health in concept notes to the Global Fund
  WHO Technical Guidance Note
• Using auxiliary nurse midwives to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions in sexual and reproductive health
  Summary information
• Targets and strategies for ending preventable maternal mortality
  Consensus statement
• Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and human rights
  A toolbox for examining laws, regulations and policies
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  Implications and actions
• Active management of the third stage of labour
  New WHO recommendations help to focus implementation
• Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord to reduce infant anaemia
• WHO recommendations on prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
  Highlights and key messages from new 2012 global recommendations
• Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis
  Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation
• WHO recommendations for augmentation of labour
• Improving access to maternal health care in Senegal
  WAHA International’s mHealth programme
• Making maternal and child health care more accessible in Nigeria
  Pathfinder International’s m4Change2
• Text messaging to improve early infant testing for HIV in Kenya
  KEMRI’s TextIT
• Reducing maternal and child mortality in Zanzibar:
  Wired Mothers
• Improving immunization registration, coverage and monitoring in Viet Nam
  PATH’s Digital Immunization Registry (IR) System

2013

• H4+ partnership: joint country support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report
• 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
• Investment case for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of syphilis
  Promoting better maternal and child health and stronger health systems
• The immediate economic impact of maternal deaths on rural chinese households
  Research article
• Priority life-saving medicines for women and children 2012
  Improving health and saving lives by ensuring access to priority medicines

2011

• Methods for surveillance and monitoring of congenital syphilis elimination within existing systems
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications
  The WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
  Policy brief

2010

• Caesarean section without medical indication increases risk of short-term adverse outcomes for mothers
  Policy brief
• Accelerated implementation of maternal and newborn continuum of care as part of improving reproductive health: mapping of in-country activities
  Joint country support

2009

• High-level consultation to accelerate progress towards achieving maternal and child health Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 in South-East Asia
  Ahmedabad, India, 14-17 October 2008
• Maternal mental health and child health and development in resource-constrained settings
  Report of a UNFPA/WHO international expert meeting : the interface between reproductive health and mental health, Hanoi, June 21-23, 2007
• Mental health aspects of women's reproductive health
  A global review of the literature
• Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5: target 5A and 5B on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health
  Briefing note

1995-2008

• The global elimination of congenital syphilis: rationale and strategy for action
• Report of a WHO technical consultation on birth spacing
• Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  Group 1: General standards of care for healthy pregnancy and childbirth
• The WHO Strategic Approach to strengthening sexual and reproductive health policies and programmes
• Obstetric fistula
  Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development
• The effect of maternal-newborn ill-health on households. Economic vulnerability and social implications
• The costs of maternal–newborn illness and mortality
• Impact on economic growth of investing in maternal–newborn health
• Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants in resource-limited settings: towards universal access : recommendations for a public health approach
  Recommendations for a public health approach
• Essential medicines for reproductive health
  Guiding principles for their inclusion on national medicines lists
• The interagency list of essential medicines for reproductive health, 2006
• Making pregnancy safer: the critical role of the skilled attendant
  A joint statement by WHO, ICM and FIGO
• Mother Baby Package. Implementing safe motherhood in countries. A practical guide
• Adolescent health and development in nursing and midwifery education
• Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
• WHO antenatal care randomized trial. Manual for the implementation of the new model
• Safe motherhood needs assessment
  Version 1.1 - 2001 (Revised edition)
• Health complications of female genital mutilation including sequelae in childbirth
  A systematic review
• Reproductive health during conflict and displacement
  A guide for programme managers
• Mother-baby package costing spreadsheet
• Uganda safe motherhood programme costing study
• Maternity waiting homes: a review of experiences