New evidence shows significant mistreatment of women during childbirth
New evidence from a WHO-led study, published today in the Lancet, shows that more than one-third of women in four lower-income countries...
More women and children survive today than ever before – UN report
Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving...
Nursing Now
Nurses and midwives make up half of the health workforce. They have a a critical role to play in helping achieve universal health...
Individualized, supportive care key to positive childbirth experience, says WHO
WHO has issued new recommendations to establish global care standards for healthy pregnant women and reduce unnecessary medical...
Enabling mothers and children to survive, thrive, and transform
Since 1990, the global mortality rate for children under five years of age has dropped by 53% – yet nearly 6 million children still die...
Nine countries commit to halve maternal and newborn deaths in health facilities
Today, 9 countries – Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda – committed to halving...
Maternal Health 2016
Each year, about 210 million women become pregnant and about 140 million newborn babies are delivered. The sheer scale of maternal health...
Ghanaian health workers use mobile phones to collect real-time maternal health data
A local midwife documents a mother’s health with the use of mobile technology. Mavis Tabi-Boateng, a midwife at a health centre in...