Monitoring Environmental Health in Maternal and Newborn Health Programs in Health Care Facilities
Many health care facilities in low-and middle-income countries have substandard water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and lack adequate infection prevention and control items, policies, protocols, and behaviors. These inadequate conditions lead to higher rates of health care acquired infections and increased rates of morbidity and mortality. The...
WHO MNCAH data portal
The fifth round of the Global Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) Policy Survey was conducted in 2018-2019. For this survey, the questionnaire was administered online to each member state via WHO regional offices. Each WHO country office was asked to coordinate completion of the...
Respectful Maternity Care: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?
Mistreatment in childbirth violates the fundamental obligation of a health system to provide support and healing in childbirth, can cause lasting emotional trauma, and goes against our Christian calling to provide compassionate care. What is driving mistreatment during childbirth, one of the most important times a woman needs...
GHANA – 100 days free from maternal mortality Campaign within the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) network
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) ran a campaign to achieve ‘100 Days Free from Maternal Mortality, starting in 2016, and with ‘100 days’ slots. In this campaign, 74 hospitals that are run by CHAG vowed to record no maternal deaths in 100 days and 63 of...