Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing
We lead WHO’s work on the life course so that every pregnant woman, mother, newborn, child, adolescent, and older person will survive, thrive and enjoy health and well-being.
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Lack of trained providers capable of identifying which labouring women could benefit from assisted vaginal birth (AVB), and of safely performing the procedure...
29 May 2023
WHO Vitality Capacity Working Group report on initial steps towards measurements of vitality capacity...
The WHO Ageing and Health Unit, part of the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, in collaboration with the Frailty...
16 May 2023
Kangaroo mother care - Implementation strategy for scale-up adaptable to different country contexts
The KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers and programme managers at national, regional and local levels,...
