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Monitoring and evaluation

• Global and regional estimates of violence against women
  Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence
  22 May 2013
• Monitoring national cervical cancer prevention and control programmes
  Quality control and quality assurance for visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)-based programmes
  10 April 2013
• National, regional, and global trends in infertility: a systematic analysis of 277 health surveys
  Research article
  19 December 2012
• Strategies and laboratory methods for strengthening surveillance of sexually transmitted infection 2012
  1 October 2012
• Causes and consequences of contraceptive discontinuation: evidence from 60 demographic and health surveys
  21 September 2012
• Safe and unsafe induced abortion - Global and regional levels in 2008, and trends during 1995–2008
  Information sheet
  13 July 2012
• Unsafe abortion incidence and mortality -Global and regional levels in 2008 and trends
  Information sheet
  13 July 2012
• Global incidence and prevalence of selected curable sexually transmitted infections – 2008
  5 July 2012
• The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium: ICD MM
  18 June 2012
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010
  WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates
  16 May 2012
• Born too soon: the global action report on preterm birth
  3 May 2012
• Facts on induced abortion worldwide
  Fact sheet
  11 January 2012
• Methods for surveillance and monitoring of congenital syphilis elimination within existing systems
  14 December 2011
• Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China
  Article - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  3 November 2011
• Prevalence and incidence of selected sexually transmitted infections
  Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis and Trichomonas vaginalis. Methods and results used by WHO to generate 2005 estimates
  29 September 2011
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
  16 August 2011
• Accelerating universal access to reproductive health: Countries leading the way
  17 May 2011
• National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995
  Policy brief
  14 April 2011
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008
  Sixth edition
  21 March 2011
• Universal access to reproductive health
  Accelerated actions to enhance progress on Millennium Development Goal 5 through advancing Target 5B
  2 February 2011
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
  5 September 2010
• Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators
  26 July 2010
• Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration
  Research - WHO Bulletin
  4 March 2010
• Maternal near miss and maternal death in the World Health Organization’s 2005 global survey on maternal and perinatal health
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 88, Number 2, February 2010, 81-160. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057828
  2 February 2010
• The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 88, Number 1, January 2010, 1-80. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.062554
  8 January 2010
• Revised glossary on Assisted Reproductive Terminology (ART)
  8 October 2009
• Monitoring emergency obstetric care
  A Handbook
  13 July 2009
• Rising caesarean deliveries in Latin America: how best to monitor rates and risks
  Policy brief
  3 June 2009
• National-level monitoring of the achievement of universal access to reproductive health: conceptual and practical
  Considerations and related indicators
  31 December 2008
• Maternal mortality in 2005
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
  31 August 2008
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2008 updates
  24 June 2008
• Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: the production of a total
  2 March 2008
• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2004
  Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2007
• Technical consultation on reproductive health indicators
  Summary report, Geneva, 21-22 September 2005
  31 December 2007
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2003
  Fifth edition
  31 December 2007
• Women’s health and human rights: Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW
  31 December 2007
• Reproductive health indicators
  Guidelines for their generation, interpretation and analysis for global monitoring
  31 December 2006
• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2000
  Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2006
• Causes of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: data from 7993 pregnancies in six developing countries
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 84, Number 9, September 2006
  17 September 2006
• Maternal Mortality in Vietnam 2000-2001
  31 December 2005
• Low birthweight
  Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2004
• Beyond the numbers
  Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer
  31 December 2004
• Maternal mortality in 2000
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
  31 December 2004
• Measuring access to reproductive health services : Report of a WHO/UNFPA technical consultation
  31 December 2004
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2000
  Fourth edition
  31 December 2004
• Infecundity, infertility, and childlessness in developing countries. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Comparative reports No. 9
  30 September 2004
• Antenatal care in developing countries. Promises, achievements and missed opportunities: an analysis of trends, levels and differentials
  31 December 2003
• A Framework to assist countries in the development and strengthening of national and district health plans and programmes in reproductive health
  Suggestions for programme managers
  31 December 2002
• Maternal mortality in 1995
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
  31 December 2001
• Reproductive health indicators for global monitoring: report of the second interagency meeting
  WHO Geneva, 17-19 July 2000
  31 December 2001
• Global prevalence and incidence of selected curable sexually transmitted infections: overview and estimates
  31 December 2001
• WHO Africa-Asia Inter-regional Consultation on Maternal Mortality Measurement, Monitoring and Surveillance
  Geneva, 12-15 July 1999
  31 December 2000
• Second generation surveillance for HIV: the next decade
  UNAIDS/WHO working group on global HIV/AIDS and STI surveillance
  31 December 2000
• Guidelines for sexually transmitted infections surveillance
  UNAIDS/WHO working group on global HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance
  20 May 1999
• DALYs and reproductive health
  Report of an informal consultation, 27-28 April 1998
  31 December 1998
• Selecting reproductive health indicators: a guide for district managers
  Field-testing version
  31 December 1997
• The sisterhood method for estimating maternal mortality
  Guidance notes for potential users
  31 December 1997
• Reproductive health indicators for global monitoring: report of an interagency technical meeting
  First meeting, 9-11 April 1997
  31 December 1997
• Monitoring reproductive health: selecting a short list of national and global indicators
  31 December 1997
• Studying unsafe abortion: a practical guide
  31 December 1996
• Verbal autopsies for maternal deaths
  World Health Organization workshop, London, 10-13 January 1994
  31 December 1995