Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Including the Human Reproduction Special Programme (HRP)

Measuring and monitoring indicators

Measuring and monitoring indicators are critical in understanding the impact of programmes, policies, and interventions and tracking progress of health outcomes, especially in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). As such WHO/HRP helps develop reporting standards that determine "how" to measure SRH outcomes and conducts research with partners to understand how best to collect, analyze, and interpret information on SRH. 

Events

Publications

Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two...

Maternal mortality measurement: guidance to improve national reporting

Through the work of the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), WHO has noted the emergence of common themes about the...

standard-protocol-to-assess-the-prevalence-of-gonorrhoea

Purpose of the protocol This document has been designed to provide a framework to support local and national STI prevalence studies. The aim of these...

Report on global sexually transmitted infection surveillance 2018

Globally, more than 1 million curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each day. According to WHO global estimates for 2016, there were roughly...

Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth

This 2018 joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund...

Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes

This tool for Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes contributes to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) ongoing...

Monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions

This resource on Monitoring and Evaluating Digital Health Interventions provides step-wise guidance to improve the quality and value of monitoring and...

The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM

This standardized system for classifying stillbirths and neonatal deaths, aims to help countries link stillbirths and neonatal deaths to contributing conditions...

Making every baby count
19 September 2016

Making every baby count

Pregnancy is a time of great anticipation for all expectant parents and their families as they envision getting to know and love a healthy baby. The presence...

Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities

Much progress has been made during the past two decades in coverage of births in health facilities; however, reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality...

A tool for strengthening gender-sensitive national HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health (‎‎‎SRH)‎‎‎ monitoring and evaluation systems

While gender inequality affects many health conditions and outcomes, nowhere is it more pronounced than in matters of sexuality and reproduction. Gender...

A tool for strengthening STI surveillance at the country level

It is important to help countries to determine how to prioritize and support these critical surveillance activities through the development of simple...

This guide outlines quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) considerations to support introduction or scale-up of visual inspection with acetic...

WHO guidance for measuring maternal mortality from a census

This guidance is significant because of three important messages it conveys. Firstly, the census represents one of several potential options for measuring...

Strategies and laboratory methods for strengthening surveillance of sexually transmitted infection 2012

This document is intended to provide a framework for ministries of health and public health decision-makers at national and subnational level for implementation...

Methods for surveillance and monitoring of congenital syphilis elimination within existing systems

This tool was developed primarily for use by country programme managers to strengthen monitoring and evaluation within existing national systems. In addition,...

Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications

This guide is intended for health-care workers, programme managers and policy-makers who are responsible for the quality of maternal health care within...

Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators

A working group on sexual health indicators was organized in September 2007 to elaborate indicators on sexual health and healthy sexuality, sexual violence...

Monitoring emergency obstetric care: a handbook

This handbook aims to describe the indicators and to give guidance on conducting studies to people working in the field providing emergency obstetric care....

National-level monitoring of the achievement of universal access to reproductive health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators

A WHO and UNFPA technical consultation was convened 13–15 March 2007 to consider national-level monitoring of progress towards the achievement of...