For health care providers.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality in the world. According to estimates by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (UN MMEIG)1 in September 2017, while the African Region had recorded a significant decline in maternal mortali...ty rate (MMR) of 37.8% between 2000 and 2017, 66% of the 295 000 maternal deaths reported globally occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Region is also noted to have an extremely high MMR, estimated at 542 per 100000 livebirths, with an average annual rate of reduction of 2.9%.
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The Newborn Situational Analysis reports of 2009 and 2011, as well as the “Bottleneck analysis on neonatal health” of 2013, culminated in the Nigeria launch of “Call to action on Newborn health” at the first National Newborn Health Conference in 2014. This call to action provided the framewo...rk for the development of the Nigeria Every Newborn Action
Plan (NiENAP). The NiENAP lays out a vision to end preventable stillbirths and newborn deaths by accelerating progress and scaling up evidence- based high-impact and cost effective interventions. The plan is guided by the principles of country-leadership, integration, accountability, equity, human rights, innovation and research. This blue print outlines our commitment as government and stakeholders to repositioning newborn health as we implement approaches that impact on the lives of newborns for improved health outcome.
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This booklet provides policymakers, planners, and other interested parties with insight into the current state of the Rwandan health sector. These statistics provide a basis for policies, strategies, and planned interventions to ensure they are responsive to the needs of the health sector and, cruci...ally, are focused on addressing current priorities that aim to improve the health of the Rwandan population.
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A supplement to The State of the World’s Children Report 2009
Информационный листок о туберкулезе и табаке
Este informe se basa en la aplicación de un protocolo diseñado conforme a las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud sobre los servicios de agua, saneamiento e higiene en establecimientos de salud, cuya metodología permite definir las características de dichos servicios y evalua...rlos. Los resultados abarcan los muestreos realizados en los establecimientos de salud de los siguientes siete países: Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de), Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay y Perú, con una muestra representativa y un valor de confianza de 95%.
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This chapter is concerned primarily with situations where there are large numbers of deaths following a disaster, requiring organized services for handling the dead.
Moving more is one of the easiest ways you can lower your risk of getting heart disease. Not sure where to begin? This fact sheet can give you ideas on how to move more and stay motivated while you make physical activity part of your healthy routine.