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Bookmark or Share- Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health ...Evidence- and rights-based national policies, guidelines and legislation play a key role in improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH), framing the enabling environment for equitable provision and accessibility of quality services. The SRMNCAH policy survey monitors the existence of national SRMNCAH laws, policies, strategies and guidelines and the ...
- Maternal health - World Health Organization (WHO)Ending preventable maternal death must remain at the top of the global agenda. At the same time, simply surviving pregnancy and childbirth can never be the marker of successful maternal health care. It is critical to expand efforts reducing maternal injury and disability to promote health and well-being. Every pregnancy and birth is unique.
- Maternal and newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Newborn health refers to the babies' first month of life. A healthy start in life has significant repercussions for a person's health and well-being during infancy, childhood, and adulthood.
- TB and pregnancy - World Health Organization (WHO)Pregnant and postpartum women are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease (1, 2).In addition, TB during pregnancy is associated with worse maternal outcomes, complications during birth and adverse perinatal outcomes; it contributes to 6–15% of all maternal mortality and puts neonates born to mothers with TB at higher risk of the disease (2–4).
- Maternal mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)A maternal death occurred almost every two minutes in 2020. Between 2000 and 2020, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) dropped by about 34% worldwide. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries in 2020.
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