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Ismaziah, a community nurse and midwife, assesses the child’s health and runs through the standard medical protocol checklist.
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Expectant mother in Sabang, Puerto Prinsesa, in 2017.
Every seven seconds, a woman or a baby dies due to complications in pregnancy, childbirth or the first few weeks after birth. Mortality declines have stalled since 2016 and funding diverted to other issues.
We must and can reverse this trend even in the short time until 2030 and meet the global commitments for maternal and newborn survival and stillbirth reduction.
Over 100 countries are showing us how. Their experience in adopting strategies to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths (Every Newborn Action Plan) and maternal deaths (Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality) in the past decade as well as the latest data call for six urgent actions:
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Trained midwife John Chacha Mahiri examines Yvonne Nangira during a screening using portable ultrasound technology at Ntimaru Sub County Level 4 Hospital in Kehancha, Migori County, Kenya in June 2022.
The governments of these countries – in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean region, Europe, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific – show us that progress is possible and within reach and call for a stronger focus on equity and quality.
They are are working to meet bold coverage targets, known as the 90/90/80/80 targets , to expand access to high impact care interventions during pregnancy and around the time of birth, and are tracking their progress. Twenty-nine of these countries have taken further steps in 2023 and adopted ‘maternal and newborn health acceleration plans’ to prioritise maternal and newborn survival and wellbeing and see faster progress.
of pregnant women receive at least four antenatal care visits
of women give birth with a skilled health worker present
of new mothers and their babies receive postnatal care within two days of birth
of districts have sick and small newborn care units and emergency obstetric care accessible for at least half of the population
Date: 10 December 2024 , 14:00 – 15:30 CET Register here The third session of PMNCH’s Ready, Set, Implement Dialogue Series will focus on Improving financing to
Third regional consultation, with 24 countries in West and Central Africa defining priorities to accelerate maternal, newborn and child survival and wellbeing. In West and
Globally, more than 1 in 10 babies are born too early every year. Approximately 1 million children die each year due to complications of preterm
Photo © 2020 WHO / Tatiana Almeida. Midwives in Hope Field Hospital, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in September 2020.
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Midwives during WHO Head of Sub-Office Dr Kai von Harbou visit to Hope Field Hospital
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