Health topics
Pregnancy
WHO/Karen Robinson
Pregnancy – the nine months or so for which a woman carries a developing embryo and fetus in her womb – is for most women a time of great happiness and fulfilment. However, during pregnancy, both the woman and her developing child face various health risks. For this reason, it is important that all pregnancies should be monitored by skilled care providers.
Related sites
- Making pregnancy safer
- Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
- WHO and the Millennium Development Goals
- Maternal health (European Region)
- Making pregnancy safer (South-East Asia Region)
- Maternal health (Regional Office for the Americas)
- UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
- Maternal and newborn care (Western Pacific Region)
Related links
- Maternal and newborn health
- Malaria: pregnant women and infants
- Feeding for infants and young children
- Reproductive health library: pregnancy and childbirth
- Elimination of congenital syphilis
- Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- Infant and neonatal health and development
- Preventing unsafe abortion
- Violence against women
- Female genital mutilation