Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth – Progress report 2023
Using data from recently published analyses on maternal mortality, stillbirths and neonatal mortality, as well as new data on country progress towards the ENAP-EPMM coverage targets and milestones, this summary report presents the key findings from the data and priority action
Analysing and using routine data to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on essential health services -Practical guide for national and subnational decision-makers
This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making. It provides practical recommendations on how to use key performance indicators to analyse changes in access to and delivery of essential health services within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; […]
Birth defects surveillance: A manual for programme managers, 2nd Edition
This manual is intended to serve as a tool for the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of a congenital anomalies surveillance programme, particularly for countries with limited resources. The focus of the manual is on population-based and hospital-based surveillance programmes.
Birth defects surveillance: quick reference handbook of selected congenital anomalies and infections
This is a companion tool to Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers, and is intended for use by front-line health care professionals who are diagnosing and collecting data on congenital defects and infections.
Midwifery Educator Core Competencies
This publication focuses on midwifery educator competencies, which is a critical but neglected component of education. One survey suggested that only 6.6% of the present teaching staff in developing countries have formal preparation in education. The quality of educators is an important factor affecting the quality of graduates from midwifery programmes.
Strengthening Midwifery Toolkit
A toolkit in nine modules
Essential childbirth care course (Module 1)
The Essential Childbirth Care Course (ECBC) is focused on the midwifery model of care, which puts women, newborns and their families at the center, ensures continuity of care, and prevents unnecessary interventions, yet ensures lifesaving actions. The ECBC provides innovative, fun, and challenging in-service adult education for the care of healthy women, and their healthy […]
The WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery (2021-2025)
This document presents evidence-based practices and an interrelated set of policy priorities that can help countries ensure that midwives and nurses optimally contribute to achieving universal health coverage and other population health goals.
Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors, 2nd ed (2017)
A woman presenting with a life-threatening obstetric complication is in an emergency situation requiring immediate diagnosis and management. Therefore, the main text of this manual is arranged by symptom (e.g. vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy). The emphasis of the manual is on rapid assessment and decision making.
WHO MPDSR materials to support implementation (2021)
This document is a practical step by step guidance, relevant to establish a framework to assess the burden of maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths, including trends in numbers and causes of death and on how to link maternal and perinatal death reviews.