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.

About us

Technical areas of work

Monitoring and evaluation

MCA and COVID-19 pandemic response: Resources and information

Our activities

Our technical units

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Maternal health

Preterm baby kept warm in incubator_UNICEF Ethiopia

Newborn health

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Child health and development

basketball team Brazil Credit UN Women-Gustavo Stephan

Adolescent and young adult health

Old Couple still making each other laugh.

Ageing and health

Advisory groups

Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for MNCAH and Nutrition

The Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA)

Mother and Newborn Information for Tracking Outcomes and Results (MoNITOR)

Child Health Accountability Tracking Technical Advisory Group (CHAT)

Technical Advisory Group on Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Our latest publications

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Key points for considering adoption of the WHO labour care guide: policy brief

The goal of this policy brief is to provide maternal and newborn health stakeholders and decision-makers with an overview of the WHO Labour Care Guide...

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WHO recommendations on induction of labour, at or beyond term

The updated recommendations in this document on the timing of induction of labour supersede the previous WHO recommendations on this topic in the 2018...

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WHO recommendations on mechanical methods for induction of labour

The updated recommendations in this document on mechanical methods for induction of labour supersede the previous WHO recommendations on this topic...

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