Publications by type

• Advocacy
• Clinical guides
• Policy & programmes
• Programme reports

Monitoring and evaluation

• Reaching the every newborn national 2020 milestones
  Country progress, plans and moving forward
  23 June 2017

2016

• Monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions
  A practical guide to conducting research and assessment
• A tool for strengthening gender-sensitive national HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) monitoring and evaluation systems
• Report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance 2015
• The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM
• Time to respond: a report on the global implementation of maternal death surveillance and response (MDSR)
• Making every baby count: audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths
• Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities

2015

• Significant decline in maternal mortality – but much remains to be done
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015
  Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division
• H4+ partnership: joint support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report - 2014
• A tool for strengthening STI surveillance at the country level

2014

• H4+ partnership: joint support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report - 2013
• Report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance 2013
• Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013
  Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division

2013

• WHO guidance for measuring maternal mortality from a census
• H4+ partnership: joint country support to improve women’s and children’s health
  Progress report
• Baseline report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance 2012
• Global and regional estimates of violence against women
  Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence
• Monitoring national cervical cancer prevention and control programmes
  Quality control and quality assurance for visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)-based programmes

2012

• National, regional, and global trends in infertility: a systematic analysis of 277 health surveys
  Research article
• Strategies and laboratory methods for strengthening surveillance of sexually transmitted infection 2012
• Causes and consequences of contraceptive discontinuation
  Evidence from 60 demographic and health surveys
• Safe and unsafe induced abortion - Global and regional levels in 2008, and trends during 1995–2008
  Information sheet
• Unsafe abortion incidence and mortality - Global and regional levels in 2008 and trends
  Information sheet
• Global incidence and prevalence of selected curable sexually transmitted infections – 2008
• The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium: ICD MM
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010
  WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates
• Born too soon: the global action report on preterm birth
• Facts on induced abortion worldwide
  Fact sheet

2011

• Methods for surveillance and monitoring of congenital syphilis elimination within existing systems
• Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China
  Article - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• 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
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications
  The WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
• Accelerating universal access to reproductive health: Countries leading the way
• National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995
  Policy brief
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008
  Sixth edition
• Universal access to reproductive health
  Accelerated actions to enhance progress on Millennium Development Goal 5 through advancing Target 5B

2010

• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
• Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators
• Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration
  Research - WHO Bulletin
• 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
• The worldwide incidence of preterm birth
  A systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity

2009

• Revised glossary on Assisted Reproductive Terminology (ART)
• Monitoring emergency obstetric care
  A Handbook
• Rising caesarean deliveries in Latin America: how best to monitor rates and risks
  Policy brief
• Quality assessment guidebook
  A guide to assessing health services for adolescent clients

2008

• National-level monitoring of the achievement of universal access to reproductive health: conceptual and practical
  Considerations and related indicators
• Maternal mortality in 2005
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2008 updates
• Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: the production of a total

1995 - 2007

• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2004
  Country, regional and global estimates
• Technical consultation on reproductive health indicators
  Summary report, Geneva, 21-22 September 2005
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2003
  Fifth edition
• Women’s health and human rights: Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2007 updates
• Reproductive health indicators
  Guidelines for their generation, interpretation and analysis for global monitoring
• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2000
  Country, regional and global estimates
• 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
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2006 updates
• Maternal Mortality in Vietnam 2000-2001
• Low birthweight
  Country, regional and global estimates
• Beyond the numbers
  Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer
• Maternal mortality in 2000
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
• Measuring access to reproductive health services : Report of a WHO/UNFPA technical consultation
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2000
  Fourth edition
• Infecundity, infertility, and childlessness in developing countries. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Comparative reports No. 9
• Antenatal care in developing countries. Promises, achievements and missed opportunities: an analysis of trends, levels and differentials
• 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
• Maternal mortality in 1995
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
• Reproductive health indicators for global monitoring: report of the second interagency meeting
  WHO Geneva, 17-19 July 2000
• Global prevalence and incidence of selected curable sexually transmitted infections: overview and estimates
• WHO Africa-Asia Inter-regional Consultation on Maternal Mortality Measurement, Monitoring and Surveillance
  Geneva, 12-15 July 1999
• Second generation surveillance for HIV: the next decade
  UNAIDS/WHO working group on global HIV/AIDS and STI surveillance
• Guidelines for sexually transmitted infections surveillance
  UNAIDS/WHO working group on global HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance
• DALYs and reproductive health
  Report of an informal consultation, 27-28 April 1998
• Selecting reproductive health indicators: a guide for district managers
  Field-testing version
• The sisterhood method for estimating maternal mortality
  Guidance notes for potential users
• Reproductive health indicators for global monitoring: report of an interagency technical meeting
  First meeting, 9-11 April 1997
• Monitoring reproductive health: selecting a short list of national and global indicators
• Studying unsafe abortion: a practical guide
• Verbal autopsies for maternal deaths
  World Health Organization workshop, London, 10-13 January 1994