Towards maternal and newborn survival in the WHO South-East Asia Region: Implementation experience of the WHO SEARO model of point-of-care quality improvement (POCQI)

This report from the WHO regional office for South-East Asia (SEARO) documents the progress in implementation of the regional quality of care improvement model- Point-of-Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) – in the South -East Asia region. This report showcases the extensive work led by countries and supported by WHO SEARO for quality improvement and documents the […]
Improving the Quality of Care for Mothers and Newborns in Health Facilities – Point of care quality improvement, facilitator and learner manuals

Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) is a simplified 4-step model to enable and empower health workers teams to use their local data to identify quality gaps (problems or issues), undertake root-cause analysis in their own context, and identify and implement a solution to address the identified quality problem. PDSA cycles are used to test […]
Technical brief: Nutrition Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health

The primary objective of the brief is to raise awareness among nutrition and MNCAH stakeholders (country and global) of the nutrition QoC standards, and of the opportunities to apply the standards to improve the quality of integrated MNCAH and nutrition services. The brief highlights early learning from three QoC Network countries (Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana) […]
Review Report of the National Health Care Quality Strategy (2016 – 2020), Ethiopia

Quality, Equity and Dignity: Every Woman Every Child, advocacy road map

The Every Woman Every Child Advocacy Roadmap was developed to advocate for quality, equity, dignity in health services for mothers and newborns. The roadmap outlines strategies required for progress and key indicators to measure success.
Continuing essential Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health services during COVID-19 pandemic

This document provides generic operational guidance to prepare a continuity plan in South and South-East Asia and the Pacific for maintaining good quality and equitable sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) services during the COVID-19 pandemic.