Webinar on the implementation of maternal and newborn health quality of care standards in healthcare facilities to improve the adoption of respectful maternity care in Bangladesh, Ghana and Tanzania: A controlled before and after study
Improving survival of women and their babies during childbirth and ensuring that they thrive and realise their full potential is core to the Sustainable Development Goals. Respectful maternity care (RMC) is a human right-based approach that can improve women’s pregnancy, labour and childbirth experience and address health inequalities. RMC refers to care organised for all women and provided to them in a manner that maintains their dignity, privacy and confidentiality; ensures freedom from harm and mistreatment and enables informed choice and continuous support during labour and childbirth. However, many women, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries, cannot access RMC. This webinar presents findings from Bangladesh, Ghana and Tanzania to implement and evaluate efforts to achieve respectful maternity care using MNH Quality of Care standards and RMC measures.
Welcome & Closing: Olive Cocoman, Department of Maternal, Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO Geneva
Part 1: Implementation and evaluation of maternal and newborn health Quality of Care Standards on Respectful Maternity Care measures in Bangladesh, Ghana and Tanzania
Study Design and Methods: Dr Alexander Manu, Consultant, UNICEF New York
Evaluation Results:
- Bangladesh – Dr MD. Al Amin Sadik – Consultant, Pediatrics, Kurigram District Sadar Hospital
- Ghana – Dr Peer Kwarteng, Health & Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Ghana
- Tanzania – Dr Stella Kilima, Senior Research Scientist, Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research
Conclusion: Alexander Manu
Part 2: Questions and Answers
Moderated by Dr Tedbabe Degefie Hailegabriel, Chief Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health, UNICEF New York