Hospital care for mothers and newborn babies: quality assessment and improvement tool: a systematic standard based participatory approach, 2nd edition

Overview

This is the second edition of WHO Hospital care for mothers and newborn babies: quality assessment and improvement tool. The tool was updated during 2013 with the technical support of WHO Collaborating Centre in Mother and Child Health, Trieste, Italy, which developed the first version of the tool (‎2009)‎. Substantial changes were made in many chapters of this second edition (‎2014)‎ compared to the first edition of the tool (‎2009)‎ in order to update the tool in line with newer WHO guidelines and recommendations as well as with other international standards. This tool and the process of using it can assist hospitals and health authorities towards providing quality health care to mothers and newborn babies. The tool adopts a participatory approach that facilitates wide involvement and sustained improvement of practice.