Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing

We lead WHO’s work on the life course so that every pregnant woman, mother, newborn, child, adolescent, and older person will survive, thrive and enjoy health and well-being.

About us

A pregnant woman consults an expert during an antenatal visit.

A close-up photo in a hospital setting depicting a midwife providing assistance to a mother during a breastfeeding session.

Technical areas of work

Monitoring and evaluation

MCA and COVID-19 pandemic response: Resources and information

Six years to the SDG deadline. Six actions to reduce unacceptably high maternal, newborn and child deaths and stillbirths.

Advisory groups

Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for MNCAH and Nutrition

The Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA)

Mother and Newborn Information for Tracking Outcomes and Results (MoNITOR)

Child Health Accountability Tracking Technical Advisory Group (CHAT)

Technical Advisory Group on Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Our latest publications

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Strategic objectives for the development and implementation of maternal, newborn and child health quality of care programmes

This publication sets out the strategic objectives that programme managers can use to help countries design, implement, scale up and sustain maternal,...

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The role of the health sector in supporting parents and caregivers to meet their parenting potential

Supporting parents and caregivers requires a whole-of-society approach, with coordinated responses from the health, education, social services, private...

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Risk stratification analyses for programmes and research in newborn and child health, Meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-14 March 2024

WHO coordinated a set of analyses to consider individual and accumulated risks of infant and child mortality. In March 2024, WHO convened a meeting of...

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