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22 October 2023

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WHO announces the Technical Advisory Group meeting on Maternal Perinatal Health

17 October 2023

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United Nations partners call for investments in self-care interventions to improve sexual and reproductive health

12 October 2023

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Improving the experience of pregnant and birthing women

11 October 2023

News release

WHO issues global plan to tackle leading cause of death in childbirth

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Technical Advisory Group on Maternal Mortality and Maternal Cause of Death Estimation

13 October 2023

Call for experts

Call for experts: Technical Advisory Group on Violence against Women Prevalence Estimation and Data

9 October 2023

Call for submissions

Vacancy notice: Unit head, Sexual Health and Well-being Across the Life Course Unit

5 October 2023

Expression of interest

Call for expression of interest: Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG)

5 October 2023

Expression of interest

Call for expression of interest: Gender and Rights Advisory Panel (GAP)

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WHO STI Research Priority Setting Technical Advisory Group

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21 November 2023 13:00 – 14:00

WEBINAR - Climate change across the life course: evidence to action

WHO at the World Conference for Sexual Health

2 – 5 November 2023

Sexual and reproductive health and rights at the World Health Summit 2023

15 – 17 October 2023

Feature stories

6 priorities for women and health

28 September 2023

Widening access to quality abortion care from the grassroots up

4 July 2023

How self-care interventions are having an impact in Timor-Leste

5 April 2023

Expanding contraceptive access in Morocco

Women and health

A general view of attendees at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing

The future we expect: women’s health and gender equality

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HRP at 50: strengthening impact at country level

Since 1972, the UN cosponsored special programme, HRP, has pursued a vision of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. This is the...

Self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights to advance universal health coverage: 2023 joint statement by HRP, WHO, UNDP, UNFPA and the World Bank

According to the latest available data, over half of the world’s population lack access to essential health services, and health worker shortages...

A roadmap to combat postpartum haemorrhage between 2023 and 2030

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 ml or more within 24 hours after birth, is the leading cause of maternal mortality...

Toolkit for implementation of the WHO intrapartum care and immediate postnatal care recommendations in health-care facilities

This toolkit was developed to provide detailed information and resources to support implementation of the WHO intrapartum and immediate postnatal care...

Maternal mortality - Level and trends 2000 to 2020

Interactive tools

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Universal Health Coverage - Learning by Sharing Portal

Global Database on the Prevalence of Violence Against Women

Female genital mutilation cost-calculator

Antenatal care resource portal

Robson classification system

Global interactive database to improve understanding of caesarean section rates and outcomes

Fetal growth calculator

Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health

Global maternal and neonatal sepsis initiative

Maternal mortality rate country progress calculator

Programme reporting standards for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

Masculinities and SRHR: An evidence and gap map

Abortion care guideline

Global abortion policies database

WHO concise guide to implementing & scaling up family planning services improvements

Postpartum family planning compendium

Videos

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19 October 2023

HRP Statistics Portal: End-to-end research process in sexual and reproductive health research

28 September 2023

Future of HRP & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - HRP Director Dr Pascale Allotey: HRP@50 Expert Series

21 September 2023

Maternal Sepsis: Working towards an end in Malawi

Video still image of the Director of the SRH/HRP

10 September 2023

Infertility Care: Opening remarks at the opening ceremony of the International Federation of Fertility Societies Word Congress

Global strategies

26 October 2016

Global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children

3 October 2016

Global health sector strategy on Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2016-2021

4 September 2007

The global elimination of congenital syphilis: rationale and strategy for action

Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets

Global strategy adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly

Human rights

18 November 2020

Human rights: Violence against women

Infographics

Abortion is health care: Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.

Postpartum haemorrhage is severe bleeding after childbirth

Infertility is a disease of the male or female reproduction system