WHO policies & strategies

The Road Map for accelerating the attainment of MDGs related to maternal and newborn health, developed and adopted in 2004, is a strategy that focuses on reducing maternal and newborn mortality by acting at two levels: health facility level and community level. It also represents a consensus among all partners on the way forward in the years ahead and offers an opportunity for harnessing resources from all partners. As a key intervention, special attention is paid to emergency obstetric and newborn care and to skilled attendance (skilled health workers, equipment, supplies and enabling environment) as a way of reverting the trends on maternal and newborn mortality.

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Framework for Newborn Health Planning in the context of maternal, newborn and child health jointly developed by UNICEF, SNL and WHO. Based on this Framework, WHO has designed a training workshop for strengthening the capacity of maternal and child health programme managers on integrating Newborn care into Maternal and Child health programming.

Regional HIV Prevention Strategy: The 56^th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted the HIV prevention strategy which recommends expansion and intensification of effective interventions for effective prevention of Mother to Child transmission to reach coverage of at least 80%. Close collaboration between ATM and MPS is crucial to realize this recommendation

Consensus on Essential Competencies of Skilled attendant in the African Region:
This document produced by WHO AFRO in collaboration with partners gives guidance on Essential Competencies for Skilled attendant in the African region

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