2024年12月12日 · Ending preventable maternal death must remain at the top of the global agenda. At the same time, simply surviving pregnancy and childbirth can never be the marker of successful maternal health care. It is critical to expand efforts reducing maternal injury and disability to promote health and well-being. Every pregnancy and birth is unique.

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.

2024年4月26日 · A maternal death occurred almost every two minutes in 2020. Between 2000 and 2020, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) dropped by about 34% worldwide. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries in 2020.

2024年11月12日 · Evidence- and rights-based national policies, guidelines and legislation play a key role in improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH), framing the enabling environment for equitable provision and accessibility of quality services. The SRMNCAH policy survey monitors the existence of national SRMNCAH laws, …

2024年8月29日 · Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Newborn health refers to the babies' first month of life. A healthy start in life has significant repercussions for a person's health …

Maternal mortality is difficult to measure. CRVS and health information systems in most developing countries are weak, and thus, cannot provide an accurate assessment of maternal mortality. Even estimates derived from complete CRVS systems, such as those in developed countries; suffer from misclassification and incompleteness of maternal deaths.

2023年4月25日 · The vast majority of maternal deaths – around 99% – occur in low- and middle income countries, and the risk of maternal death is highest for adolescent girls under 15 years old. Ensuring access to affordable and good quality of care throughout pregnancy and the perinatal period is essential to reducing the rates of complications and deaths ...

2018年7月31日 · National action plan. The Government of Viet Nam implements the National Action Plan on Maternal Newborn and Child Health for the period, 2016-2020, with comprehensive interventions to improve the availability, affordability and quality of health services; enhance communication and advocacy to increase awareness and support of policy makers, …

Globally maternal mental health problems are considered as a major public health challenge. Though maternal mortality still lies at the heart of maternal health indicators; for the post 2015 agenda for development goals, WHO is considering Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and proposing Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) related indicators as well.

2010年2月8日 · Monitoring maternal and newborn health during the postpartum period is critical. The risk of death is highest for newborn babies: 75% of all neonatal deaths occur during the first week of life. Timely detection and management of symptoms have been shown to reduce mortality and complications.