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  1. Maternal health

    Nov 14, 2025 · Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring women and their babies …

  2. WHO and partners launch global guide to advance respectful maternal …

    Aug 7, 2025 · Leading global health and development agencies today released a new first-of-its-kind implementation guide to help countries provide respectful, dignified care and eliminate mistreatment …

  3. Maternal Health Unit

    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 …

  4. WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care

    Jun 18, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for …

  5. Prioritizing respectful care for pregnant women, mothers and babies

    Aug 7, 2025 · What does it mean to provide respectful maternal and newborn care? A new Compendium, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Human Reproduction …

  6. World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging ...

    Feb 21, 2025 · Ensuring maternity and newborn care during humanitarian emergencies, like mobile clinics and health posts in Syria and Sudan, where millions of women and babies would otherwise …

  7. Baby-friendly hospital initiative training course for maternity staff ...

    Aug 5, 2020 · The Participant's manual contains summarized information for the sessions along with the session slides. It also includes copies of worksheets, checklists, and job aids for the clinical sessions …

  8. Maternal mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Apr 7, 2025 · WHO fact sheet on maternal mortality with key facts and providing information on MDG 4, where deaths occur, causes, lack of care and WHO response.

  9. Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN ...

    Apr 7, 2025 · Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major …

  10. World Health Day 2025: explore free courses to enhance maternal and ...

    Mar 10, 2025 · Explore the WHO Academy's free courses on maternal and newborn health, which is the theme of World Health Day 2025.