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Midwife Rosa Maria Xona Caj visits one of her patients, Carmela, who is 8 months pregnant, in February 2022 in the village of El Rancho, San Cristobal, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
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Claudia Marina Mocal breastfeeds her 8-day-old daughter in February 2022 in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Her midwife, Rosa Maria Xona Caj, attended her delivery and now visits her every 4 days to check that she and her baby are doing well.
In 2026, Guatemala’s priorities for maternal and newborn health include:
Provide comprehensive antenatal care, integrating: ETMI Plus(timely screening, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and Chagas disease), detection and management of non-communicable diseases and maternal conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, anemia, as well as mental health conditions, maternal nutrition, and newborn screening.
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Midwife Catarina Toc examines Ramona who is 32 weeks pregnant, in October 2019, in the Chuisuc community of Totonicapán, Guatemala.
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A group of women are waiting to be checked by the anesthetist while an expecting mother who started labor is being monitored by the gynecologists, in October 2019 at the UNICEF baby friendly National Hospital of Totonicapán, Guatemala.
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Midwife Rosa Maria Xona Caj visits one of her patients, Carmela, who is 8 months pregnant, in February 2022 in the village of El Rancho, San Cristobal, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Guatemala’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
First webinar in a four-part series sharing lessons from the Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) project. Organized by Jhpiego.
An event during the WHA79 to share high-level messages from the EWENE-Child Survival Action progress report.
A reception during WHA79
See also: ‘Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy through Youth-Friendly Health Services: The National Experience of Guatemala‘, the poster that the Guatemala delegation presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
For the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly
These messages were developed by the United Advocacy Working Group for Maternal, Newborn and Child health.
Posters presented by 40 country delegations at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
International Maternal Newborn Health
Conference (IMNHC) 2026
These key messages and advocacy asks are intended to equip partners with evidence-based messaging and
resources in the context of IMNHC 2026.