Maternal and perinatal health

PUBLICATIONS

Advocacy

• Advancing MDGs 4, 5 and 6: impact of congenital syphilis elimination
  Partner brief
  17 June 2010
• Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5: target 5A and 5B on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health
  Briefing note
  20 May 2009
• The global elimination of congenital syphilis: rationale and strategy for action
  31 December 2008
• Eliminating congenital syphilis. A global health priority
  31 December 2005
• Make every mother and child count
  World Health Report 2005
  13 May 2005
• Global action for skilled attendants for pregnant women
  31 December 2002
• Advancing safe motherhood through human rights
  31 December 2001
• Reduction of maternal mortality
  A joint WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF/World Bank statement
  23 October 1999

Clinical guidance

• Prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  Summary of recommendations
  2 November 2011
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  19 September 2011
• WHO recommendations for induction of labour
  15 February 2011
• Packages of interventions
  Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health
  4 August 2010
• Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death
  Statement
  8 June 2010
• WHO guidelines for the management of postpartum haemorrhage and retained placenta
  19 August 2009
• WHO Statement regarding the use of misoprostol for postpartum haemorrhage prevention and treatment
  17 July 2009
• Progestogen-only contraceptive use during lactation and its effects on the neonate
  Statement
  6 June 2009
• Midwifery education modules
  Midwifery education modules - second edition
  18 June 2008
• Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth
  A guide for midwives and doctors
  31 December 2007
• WHO recommendations for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage
  31 December 2007
• Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  Group 1: General standards of care for healthy pregnancy and childbirth
  31 December 2007
• Obstetric fistula
  Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development
  31 December 2006
• Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care - A guide for essential practice
  31 December 2006
• Kangaroo mother care
  Practical guide
  31 December 2003
• Managing newborn problems
  A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives
  21 October 2003
• Detecting pre-eclampsia : a practical guide, using and maintaining blood pressure equipment
  9 September 2002
• Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of female genital mutilation
  Report of a WHO technical consultation
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A teacher's guide
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A student's guide
  31 December 2001
• Basic newborn resuscitation
  Practical guide
  31 December 1998
• Thermal protection of the newborn
  Practical guide
  31 December 1997
• Care in normal birth
  Practical guide
  31 December 1996

Evidence

• Prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  Summary of recommendations
  2 November 2011
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  19 September 2011
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
  16 August 2011
• WHO Statement on antenatal care
  10 March 2011
• WHO recommendations for induction of labour
  15 February 2011
• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
  Policy brief
  14 January 2011
• Caesarean section without medical indication increases risk of short-term adverse outcomes for mothers
  Policy brief
  13 October 2010
• Progestogen-only contraceptive use during lactation and its effects on the neonate
  Statement
  6 June 2009
• Rising caesarean deliveries in Latin America: how best to monitor rates and risks
  Policy brief
  3 June 2009
• Mental health aspects of women's reproductive health
  A global review of the literature
  27 May 2009
• Report of a WHO technical consultation on birth spacing
  31 December 2007
• Evidence-led obstetric care
  Report of a WHO meeting
  31 December 2005
• WHO antenatal care randomized trial. Manual for the implementation of the new model
  31 December 2001
• A Systematic review of the health complications of female genital mutilation including sequelae in childbirth
  31 December 2000

Monitoring and evaluation

• The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium: ICD MM
  18 June 2012
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010
  WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates
  16 May 2012
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
  16 August 2011
• National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995
  Policy brief
  14 April 2011
• Caesarean section without medical indication increases risk of short-term adverse outcomes for mothers
  Policy brief
  13 October 2010
• Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
  5 September 2010
• Accelerated implementation of maternal and newborn continuum of care as part of improving reproductive health: mapping of in-country activities
  Joint country support
  16 June 2010
• Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration
  Research - WHO Bulletin
  4 March 2010
• Maternal near miss and maternal death in the World Health Organization’s 2005 global survey on maternal and perinatal health
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 88, Number 2, February 2010, 81-160. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057828
  2 February 2010
• The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 88, Number 1, January 2010, 1-80. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.062554
  8 January 2010
• Monitoring emergency obstetric care
  A Handbook
  13 July 2009
• Rising caesarean deliveries in Latin America: how best to monitor rates and risks
  Policy brief
  3 June 2009
• Maternal mortality in 2005
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
  31 August 2008
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2008 updates
  24 June 2008
• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2004
  Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2007
• Neonatal and perinatal mortality 2000
  Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2006
• Causes of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: data from 7993 pregnancies in six developing countries
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 84, Number 9, September 2006
  17 September 2006
• Maternal Mortality in Vietnam 2000-2001
  31 December 2005
• Low birthweight. Country, regional and global estimates
  31 December 2004
• Beyond the numbers
  Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer
  31 December 2004
• Maternal mortality in 2000
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
  31 December 2004
• Antenatal care in developing countries. Promises, achievements and missed opportunities: an analysis of trends, levels and differentials
  31 December 2003
• Maternal mortality in 1995
  Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA
  31 December 2001
• The sisterhood method for estimating maternal mortality
  Guidance notes for potential users
  31 December 1997
• Verbal autopsies for maternal deaths
  World Health Organization workshop, London, 10-13 January 1994
  31 December 1995

Policy and programmatic issues

• The immediate economic impact of maternal deaths on rural chinese households
  3 July 2012
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
  16 August 2011
• National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995
  Policy brief
  14 April 2011
• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
  Policy brief
  14 January 2011
• Caesarean section without medical indication increases risk of short-term adverse outcomes for mothers
  Policy brief
  13 October 2010
• WHO Technical consultation on postpartum and postnatal care
  23 July 2010
• Advancing MDGs 4, 5 and 6: impact of congenital syphilis elimination
  Partner brief
  17 June 2010
• Accelerated implementation of maternal and newborn continuum of care as part of improving reproductive health: mapping of in-country activities
  Joint country support
  16 June 2010
• Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death
  Statement
  8 June 2010
• High-level consultation to accelerate progress towards achieving maternal and child health Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 in South-East Asia
  Ahmedabad, India, 14-17 October 2008
  13 October 2009
• Maternal mental health and child health and development in resource-constrained settings
  Report of a UNFPA/WHO international expert meeting : the interface between reproductive health and mental health, Hanoi, June 21-23, 2007
  19 August 2009
• Monitoring emergency obstetric care
  A Handbook
  13 July 2009
• Rising caesarean deliveries in Latin America: how best to monitor rates and risks
  Policy brief
  3 June 2009
• Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5: target 5A and 5B on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health
  Briefing note
  20 May 2009
• The global elimination of congenital syphilis: rationale and strategy for action
  31 December 2008
• Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
  2008 updates
  24 June 2008
• Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  Group 1: General standards of care for healthy pregnancy and childbirth
  31 December 2007
• The WHO Strategic Approach to strengthening sexual and reproductive health policies and programmes
  19 September 2007
• Obstetric fistula
  Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development
  31 December 2006
• The interagency list of essential medicines for reproductive health
  2006
  31 December 2006
• The effect of maternal-newborn ill-health on households. Economic vulnerability and social implications
  31 December 2006
• The costs of maternal–newborn illness and mortality
  31 December 2006
• Impact on economic growth of investing in maternal–newborn health
  31 December 2006
• Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants in resource-limited settings: towards universal access : recommendations for a public health approach
  Recommendations for a public health approach
  31 December 2006
• Essential medicines for reproductive health
  Guiding principles for their inclusion on national medicines lists
  19 March 2006
• Making pregnancy safer: the critical role of the skilled attendant
  A joint statement by WHO, ICM and FIGO
  31 December 2004
• Mother Baby Package. Implementing safe motherhood in countries. A practical guide
  31 December 2004
• Adolescent health and development in nursing and midwifery education
  23 June 2004
• Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
  31 December 2003
• Global action for skilled attendants for pregnant women
  31 December 2002
• Advancing safe motherhood through human rights
  31 December 2001
• Safe motherhood needs assessment
  Version 1.1 - 2001 (Revised edition)
  23 June 2001
• Reproductive health during conflict and displacement
  A guide for programme managers
  31 December 2000
• Mother-baby package costing spreadsheet
  31 December 1999
• Uganda safe motherhood programme costing study
  31 December 1999
• The sisterhood method for estimating maternal mortality
  Guidance notes for potential users
  31 December 1997
• Maternity waiting homes: a review of experiences
  31 December 1996

• Counselling for maternal and newborn health care
  A handbook for building skills (2009)

Related links

• Documents on infant feeding/breastfeeding
  List of publications (Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health)
• Nutrition
  Publications on Feto-maternal nutrition, reduction of micronutrient malnutrition etc. (Department of Nutrition)
• Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT)
  Related publications and useful links (Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals)