Why quality matters?
Each year, between 5.7 and 8.4 million people are dying due to poor quality care in low- and middle-income countries, counting for up to 15 percent of overall deaths in these countries. Lost productivity due to poor quality care in these countries is estimated around $1.4 to $1.6 trillion per year.
Quality of health care services is critical for achieving effective universal health coverage. As countries commit to achieving Health for All, it is an imperative to ensure health services provided are effective, safe and people-centred.
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Despite the existence of proven interventions for preventing, diagnosing and treating postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), effective implementation of evidence-based...
Bleeding after birth: course on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
The Bleeding after birth training course aims to translate standards into care. It incorporates the latest WHO recommendations related to PPH and includes...
The primary audience for this guideline is health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols and policies, as...
Scaling up postpregnancy family planning: practical guide
This practical guide provides evidence-based, adaptable approaches to scale up postpregnancy family planning (FP) using the six core components of WHO’s...
WHO labour care guide: implementation resource package
The WHO Labour Care Guide advances evidence-based, respectful, and person-centered intrapartum care by strengthening health workers’ capacity for...
Enjoying the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right. Despite progress in recent decades, maternal and neonatal mortality,...
Measuring and monitoring quality of care to improve maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services
Regular measurement and monitoring of quality of care are essential for improving health services and achieving better health outcomes. High-quality data...
List of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities
This document provides a list of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities and aims to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It consolidates...
Maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and ageing and quality of care indicator metadata toolkit
The purpose of the Maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and ageing and quality of care indicator metadata toolkit: Indicator validation guide is...
