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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Six years to the SDG deadline. Six actions to reduce unacceptably high maternal, newborn and child deaths and stillbirths.
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Enjoying the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right. Despite progress in recent decades, maternal and neonatal mortality,...
15 June 2025
Digital adaptation kit for birth defects surveillance: operational requirements for implementing WHO...
Congenital anomalies, also known as birth defects, are structural or functional abnormalities, including metabolic disorders, that are present at birth....
The 2024 meeting of the WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing (CCHA) was the group’s 10th gathering, held virtually on November 5-7, 2024. The...
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