WHO Issues 10 Ways to Improve the Quality of Care for Mothers and Babies
BY ALLISON KOZICHAROW AND BERNICE BORN
he World Health Organization (WHO) reports that each year 303,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth; there are 2.6 million stillbirths, and 2.7 million babies die within 28 days of being born.
WHO recently released 10 suggestions for improving maternal and infant care. Topics include healthy living, family planning, the reasons for frequent prenatal appointments, the immediate care of newborns, hygienic practices in healthcare facilities, the need for well-trained clinic staff and the importance of maintaining medical records.
WHO also issued a news release that reports that nine countries have committed to cutting in half the number of preventable maternal and newborn deaths in health facilities by following the recommendations in WHO’s publication on health standards.
WiRED International places special emphasis on healthy lifestyles and practices as crucial to maternal and child health. WiRED will soon complete an ambitious 27-module Maternal and Child Health Series — Motherhood: Before and After to add to its Health Learning Center.
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WiRED’s new series falls into four sections: before pregnancy, during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and becoming a parent. Module topics include family planning, potential birth defects, gestational diabetes, nursing, obstetric fistula, and infant and child nutrition and development. WiRED plans to translate these modules from English into other languages, starting with Spanish and Portuguese.
WiRED is dedicated to providing innovative health training at no cost to promote maternal, infant and child health before, during, and after pregnancy in order to reduce disease and death among mothers and children in underserved communities worldwide.
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