Quality of care for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

The WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing is pursuing a vision where by 2030, every woman, child and adolescent in every setting has access and uses quality care. This vision is aligned with the goals and targets related to maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals and in the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' health 2016-2030.

To enable this vision, the Department is leading a number of initiatives including midwifery led quality of care, the respectful care for maternal and newborn health, community engagement, private sector engagement for quality services and, quality of care measurement. The Department is providing the secretariat and leading the multi-country and multi-partner Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.

The WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing has recently launched the Quality of Care Learning Hub.

The platform was developed by the secretariat of the Network for Improving quality of care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and provides access to two resources.

1. a repository MNCH quality improvement (QI) initiatives which were tried, tested and shared from across 10 Network countries
2. a dashboard of common MNH quality of care indicators collected from learning sites in the Network Countries to track progress in implementing quality improvement interventions.