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Dec 15, 2020 · It is a practical tool for a new era of maternal health, where women’s values and preferences are at the centre of their own care,” says Mercedes Bonet, Medical Officer in the WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including HRP, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.Beyond the partographThe Labour Care Guide revises and replaces the traditional WHO partograph, a labour monitoring ...
May 14, 2024 · Maternal health What are the greatest threats to a mother’s health? Explore causes of death or disability in women, and compare how the biggest threats to maternal health in different countries have changed over time using the Maternal Health Atlas.
Dec 7, 2023 · Every year, at least 40 million women are likely to experience a long-term health problem caused by childbirth, according to a new study published today in The Lancet Global Health. Part of a special Series on maternal health, the study shows a high burden of postnatal conditions that persist in the months or even years after giving birth. These include pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia), affecting more than a third (35%) of postpartum women, low back pain (32%), anal incontinence ...
Maternal mortality is unacceptably high. About 295 000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2017. The vast majority of these deaths (94%) occurred in low-resource settings, and most could have been prevented. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia accounted for approximately 86% (254 000) of the estimated global maternal deaths in 2017. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for roughly two-thirds (196 000) of maternal deaths, while Southern Asia accounted for nearly one ...
Jun 18, 2022 · Racism, poverty, education, and geography all contribute to worsening maternal health outcomes and thereby worse infant health outcomes. 3 For example, maternal mortality has risen sharply in the ...
The Maternal Health Unit (MAH) provides leadership for improving maternal and perinatal health and well-being and ending preventable maternal mortality. MAH generates programmatic-focused evidence, develops guidelines, norms and standards, and supports regions and countries in adaptation, implementation and monitoring of person-centered quality and respectful maternal and perinatal care through advocacy, partnerships, policy dialogue and capacity building.
Maternal Health Care in Nepal: Trends and Determinants Krishna Kumar Aryal1 Sharad K Sharma2 Mukti Nath Khanal3 Bihungum Bista4 Shiv Lal Sharma2 Shambhu Kafle5 Mona Mehta Steffen6 ICF Rockville, Maryland, USA January 2019 1 DFID/NHSP3/MEOR, Abt Associates 2 Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
