The need to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes is clear:
- Approximately 800 women died every day in 2020 from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
- The majority of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
- Progress has stalled in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030.
At IMNHC 2023, HRP will be presenting new evidence and solutions to improve outcomes for mothers and their babies before, during and after childbirth. A complete schedule of HRP’s presence at the IMNHC can be found here.
MONDAY 8 MAY
Working together on respectful maternal and newborn care
09:00-12:30 (Satellite) Room: Orchid/Fresia/Daisy
The World Health Organization (WHO) is leading a collaborative effort to develop a knowledge translation toolkit for respectful maternal and newborn care that aims to enable implementation, scale-up, and cross-contextual learning. This is an interactive session with global stakeholders using a human-centered design approach to refine, contextualise, and operationalise the toolkit.
Key Resources:
- WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience
- WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
WEDNESDAY 10 MAY
Strengthening implementation of the WHO recommendations for a positive childbirth experience
10:45 – 11:30 (Thematic session) Room: 2.41-2.43
Key Resources:
Maternal mortality: Levels, trends and strengthening reporting
9:10 – 10:25 (Thematic session) Room: 2.41-2.43
Key resources:
- Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division
- View interactive data
THURSDAY 11 MAY
Operationalising WHO 2022 guidelines on maternal & newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
10:45 – 11:30 (Thematic session) Room: 1.41-.1.42
We will discuss how to implement programming for two topics from the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) postnatal care (PNC) guidelines with anticipated implementation challenges: Facility discharge of the dyad and screening of newborns for eye and hearing abnormalities. We will address the intractable problem of poor PNC uptake with discussions on advocacy and care-seeking by families for PNC.
Key Resources:
The WHO Postpartum Heamorrhage (PPH) Summit Road-Map and Call-to-Action: Comprehensive Global and Country Agendas for Shaping the Future of PPH
10:45 – 11:30 (Thematic session)
This session will present the top research, normative, and implementation priorities that emerged from the World Health Organization (WHO) PPH Summit: the Summit Road Map, which presents comprehensive priority agendas, and the Call to Action articulating what must be done urgently to change the trajectory of PPH-related maternal mortality between 2023 and 2030.
Key resources:
Background on PPH Summit
Programme
