Maternal health
Maternal health

Maternal health in the South-East Asia

About Maternal health

Vision

A world in 2015 in which:

  • pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care are highly valued;
  • universal coverage ensuring skilled care for every birth is a priority;
  • interventions for universal coverage are sustained with quality in conditions of diverse social values, and changing social, economic and political conditions;
  • the MPS initiative is seen as crucial for wider strengthening of health systems and a key element of efforts to attain the MDGs; and
  • development partners and civil societies collaborate in achieving universal coverage of skilled care for all women and newborns.

Ultimately a world in which women go through pregnancy and childbirth safely and newborn babies are assured health.

Mission

Our mission is to support the countries to accelerate progress for achieving international development goals and targets related to reproductive health.

Goal

The overarching goal is that all women and newborns will have access to skilled care services during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum and newborn periods, thereby minimizing maternal, perinatal and newborn morbidity and mortality.


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Managing programmes on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

Managing Programmes on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health

 The WHO South-East Asia Region has in recent years accelerated reductions in maternal, newborn and child mortality. Between 1990 and 2018 the Region's...

Managing Programmes on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | Module 1: Introduction

 The WHO South-East Asia Region has in recent years accelerated reductions in maternal, newborn and child mortality. Between 1990 and 2018 the Region's...

Managing Programmes on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | Module 2: Planning implementation

 The WHO South-East Asia Region has in recent years accelerated reductions in maternal, newborn and child mortality. Between 1990 and 2018 the Region's...

Managing Programmes on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | Module 3: Managing implementation

 The WHO South-East Asia Region has in recent years accelerated reductions in maternal, newborn and child mortality. Between 1990 and 2018 the Region's...

Cervical Cancer modules

Cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers: training of health staff in colposcopy, LEEP and CKC

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Training of health staff in VIA, HPV detection test and cryotherapy

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers: training of health staff in colposcopy, LEEP and CKC

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers: training of community health workers

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Cervical cancer screening and management of cervical pre-cancers: trainee's handbook and facilitator's guide

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Training of health staff in VIA, HPV detection test and cryotherapy

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and causes a significant number of deaths in the South-East Asia Region. Nearly...

Publications

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Manual for a Short Programme Review on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the South-East Asia Region

The WHO South-East Asia Region is committed to accelerating improvements in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) and...

Regional implementation framework for elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem: 2021–2030

Cervical cancer continues to be a significant public health problem and a major cause of premature mortality among women, disproportionately affecting...

Success stories in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: a regional compendium from WHO South-East Asia Region

The WHO South-East Asia Region has achieved a commendable 71% reduction in under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) and 62% reduction in neonatal mortality rate (NMR)...

Regional Strategic Framework for accelerating universal access to sexual and reproductive health in the WHO South-East Asia Region 2020–2024

The WHO South-East Asia Region has made significant progress in strengthening sexual and reproductive health services and rights. Between 2000 and 2017...

Meeting Reports

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Cover page of a Meeting on PNC in 2022

Background A Regional Meeting on improving intrapartum and postpartum care to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths...

Cover page of a webinar held during Covid in April 2022

Background A webinar on ‘Use of digital health interventions for maintaining RMNNCAH services during the COVID-19 pandemic’ was organized...

Report Cover of the Webinar held in April 2022

Background A webinar on emergency preparedness and response for the COVID-19 pandemic was organised by SEARO on April 19, 2022. The agenda for the webinar...

Cover page of TAG mtg Mar 2022

Background A webinar was held from 30-31 March 2022, to strengthen the National Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for sustaining and accelerating RMNCAH...

Atlas of colposcopy – principles and practice

The practice of colposcopy has evolved significantly over the last few years with the introduction of new screening technologies and management algorithms. 

The Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice has been developed keeping in mind the evolving concepts and the changing scenarios. The atlas deals with the basics and then guides the learner through the intricacies of detecting the changes, differentiating neoplastic from the non-neoplastic conditions and documenting the findings. We have demonstrated the use of the colposcopy terminology recently adopted by the International Federation of Cervical Pathology & Colposcopy (IFCPC) and also the Swede system of scoring. We hope that the freely accessible resource will prove to be a very valuable learning tool for the students as well as the practitioners of colposcopy and management of cervical neoplasias.

Multimedia

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