Every year 303,000 mothers and 2.7 million newborn infants die annually around the time of childbirth and that many more are affected by preventable illness. 2.6 million babies are stillborn each year. The World Health Organization has identified quality of care for women and children as a priority in addressing preventable maternal and child mortality and states a vision that ‘Every woman, child and adolescent should receive quality care throughout the continuum of their life course and care’. In support to this vision, ten countries supported by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA, and in collaboration with partners, joined forces and established the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, in February 2017. The Network brings global and regional coordination to quality of care, for countries to share their best practices and to catalyze change, through coordinated evidence-based actions and joint learning.
Introduction
Our objectives
Leadership
Build and strengthen national institutions and mechanisms for improving quality of care in the health sector.
Action
Accelerate and sustain implementation of quality of care improvements for mothers and newborns.
Learning
Facilitate learning, share knowledge and generate evidence on quality of care.
Accountability
Develop, strengthen and sustain institutions and mechanisms for accountability for quality of care.
Network guidance and tools
It is estimated that between 5.7 and 8.4 million deaths are attributed to poor quality care each year in low- and middle-income countries, which accounts...
Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response as part of quality of care efforts...
This knowledge brief is developed to support policy-makers, managers, practitioners and implementing partners engaged in improving quality of care (QoC)...
Integrating stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn...
Integrating stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn and child health was developed to guide policy makers...
Quality, equity, dignity: the network to improve quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health
The past two decades have been marked by substantive progress in reducing maternal and child deaths. Yet progress has often been slow to reach those who...
Network resources
By the end of 2017, at least half the world’s population could not obtain essential health services because they were inaccessible, unavailable,...
Quality of care for Maternal and Newborn- a monitoring framework for network countries
This Monitoring Framework provides basic guidance on the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) needs for the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal,...
WASH in health care facilities
In 2015, for the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessed the status of water,...
Quality of care in the context of universal health care
The quality of health services is critical to achieving effective universal health coverage (UHC) and meeting the health-related Sustainable Development...
Quality of care - Implementation guidance - Improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child...
Quality of care in health services is essential for achieving universal health coverage and the ambitious targets of ending preventable maternal, newborn...
Launch of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Improving the quality of care and patient safety is crucial if we want to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. These...
WHO standards of care to improve maternal and newborn quality of care in facilities
The past two decades have been marked by substantive progress in reducing maternal and child deaths. Yet progress has often been slow to reach those...
Measurement Framework for the QoC Network
Related work
Related links
Visit the dedicated website of the network