Launch of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Overview

Improving the quality of care and patient safety is crucial if we want to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. These aspirations drive the vision of the World Health Organization (WHO), in which “every pregnant woman and newborn receives quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period” , with equity and dignity. For this to happen, coordinated actions and investments are required.

With this in mind, the governments of Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania – supported by WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners from all stakeholder groups – agreed to establish the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network). The goal of the Quality of Care Network is to improve the quality of care (QoC) provided to mothers, newborns and children in order to halve maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths within five years in the participating countries, and to improve patients’ experience of care.