Guidelines

The WHO guidelines provide recommendations on evidence-based maternal and newborn care and best practices for quality care.

• WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience
• WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
• WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
• WHO Labour Care Guide: User’s Manual
• WHO recommendation on uterine balloon tamponade for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
• WHO recommendation on routes of oxytocin administration for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth
• Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities
• WHO recommendations on newborn health
• WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant
• Guideline: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services

Want to learn more about maternal and newborn health facts? Check the WHO factsheets.

• Newborns: improving survival and well-being (who.int)
• Infant and young child feeding (who.int)
• Maternal mortality (who.int)