Background Adolescent mothers aged 15–19 years are known to have greater risks of
maternal morbidity and mortality compared with women aged 20–24 years, mostly due to …

Objective Conduct a global situational analysis to identify the current facilitators and barriers
to improving quality of care (QoC) for pregnant women, newborns and children. Study …

The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations
and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service …

Background Maternal and perinatal mortality are still unacceptably high in many countries
despite steep increases in facility birth. The evidence that childbirth in facilities reduces …

Background Thousands of women and newborns still die preventable deaths from
pregnancy and childbirth-related complications in poor settings. Delivery with a skilled birth …

Background Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have recently adopted policies that
remove user fees for facility-based delivery services. There is little rigorous evidence of the …

Background More than half of the global population is not effectively covered by any type of
social protection benefit and women's coverage lags behind. Most girls and boys living in …

In this Series we document the substantial progress in the reduction of maternal mortality
and discuss the current state of science in reducing maternal mortality. However, maternal …

Introduction The free maternal health policy was implemented in Ghana in 2008 under the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The policy sought to eliminate out of pocket …

Background User charges are widely used health financing mechanisms in many health
systems in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) due to insufficient public …