Evaluation of WHO’s contribution to maternal health in the South-East Asia Region: Management response

Overview

The purpose of this decentralized evaluation was to evaluate the contribution of WHO to the improvement of maternal health in the South-East Asia Region from 2010 to 2015. It reviewed progress in five countries at different stages of development, namely Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The evaluation had the following objectives:

1. understand the scope and diversity in maternal health responses by WHO;
2. study the contribution of WHO to the policies, projects and practices in maternal health;
3. ascertain strategies that yield good uptake by governments and local partners; and
4. identify learning that can be applied to strengthen WHO’s programme in the Region.