Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation
Our mission is to promote and facilitate the collection, analysis and strategic use of information on maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and ageing to strengthen law/policy development and programme planning and implementation at country level; to generate evidence-based guidance and tools on measurement; and to coordinate global monitoring initiatives.
Monitoring across the life course with a specific focus on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and ageing (MNCAAH) consists of supporting child and adolescent health mortality and morbidity estimates and estimates of wellbeing of older persons, development of monitoring frameworks for specific interventions, harmonizing health indicators for global monitoring, producing global monitoring reports, and conducting in-depth analysis of MNCAAH health data.
We also cover cross-cutting monitoring issues across the life course including in the areas of routine health information systems, policies/laws and quality of care measurement.
The MNCAAH data portal includes visualization of health data across the life course with the ability to compare countries. The portal houses the Global Strategy for Women and Children monitoring data as well as the Sexual Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Policy Survey data and data on COVID-19 across the life-course.
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Analysis and use of health facility data: guidance for maternal, newborn, child and...
Analysis and use of health facility data - Facilitator guide: Companion exercises to strengthen analysis...
This facilitator guide is a companion to the guidance Analysis and use of health facility data: guidance for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health...
Analysis and use of health facility data: Companion exercises to strengthen analysis and use of health...
This exercise book is a companion to the guidance Analysis and use of health facility data: guidance for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health...
Selected publications
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: report on the 2023 policy survey
Evidence- and rights-based national policies, guidelines and legislation play a key role in improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and...
Protect the promise: 2022 progress report on the every woman every child global strategy for women's,...
This report provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis of evidence on this critical topic, documenting severe setbacks caused by the COVID-19...
Levels and trends in child mortality: report 2021
The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) produces estimates of child and adolescent mortality annually,...
Maternal and perinatal death and surveillance and response
The purpose of the new WHO document “Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): materials to support implementation” is...
Decade of healthy ageing: baseline report
The Global Strategy on Ageing and Health and its first action plan 2016−2020, mandate WHO to produce a baseline report in 2020 for the Decade...
A neglected tragedy: the global burden of stillbirths
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds. This means that every year, about 2 million babies are stillborn. This loss reaches far beyond the loss...
Levels and trends in child mortality: report 2020
The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) produces estimates of child and adolescent mortality annually,...
Protect the progress: rise, refocus, recovery - report
2020 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) Trends...
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: policy survey, 2018-2019: summary...
The World Health Organization’s 2018– 2019 survey finds that a great majority of countries worldwide have policies on sexual and reproductive...
Maternal mortality: Levels and trends 2000 to 2017
The United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (UN MMEIG) – comprising WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),...
Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) 2018 monitoring report
The 2018 monitoring report for the EWEC Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) is based on...
Much progress has been made during the past two decades in coverage of births in health facilities; however, reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality...
Journal articles
A review of key terminology and definitions used for birth defects globally
Measures to assess quality of postnatal care: A scoping review
Use of routine health information systems to monitor disruptions of coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services during COVID-19: A scoping review
Scaling up a monitoring and evaluation framework for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services and outcomes in humanitarian settings: A global initiative
Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement
Systematic estimates of the global, regional and national under-5 mortality burden attributable to birth defects in 2000–2019: a summary of findings from the 2020 WHO estimates
Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare
Opportunities to advance measurement of adolescent wellbeing: building on a new conceptual framework
WHO working definition of vitality capacity for healthy longevity monitoring
WHO standards-based tool to measure women’s views on the quality of care around the time of childbirth at facility level in the WHO European region: development and validation in Italy
Tools
This Birth Defect Surveillance facilitator (train-the-trainer) guide 2nd edition covers foundational skills needed to begin the development, implementation...
Birth defects surveillance training: facilitator’s guide, second edition. Participant workbook
This facilitator (train-the-trainer) Birth Defect Surveillance Training guide workbook 2nd edition accompanies the Birth Defect Surveillance Training facilitator...
Inequality monitoring in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
Monitoring inequalities in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) is an important part of efforts to promote equity....
Companion workbook: Exercises to guide the process of inequality monitoring in sexual, reproductive,...
This Companion workbook accompanies Inequality monitoring in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: a step-by-step manual. ...
Analysing and using routine data to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on essential health services: practical...
This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making....
Birth defects surveillance: quick reference handbook of selected congenital anomalies and infections
Congenital anomalies, also known as birth defects, are structural or functional abnormalities, including metabolic disorders, that are present from birth....
A wide range of causes of congenital anomalies means that a portfolio of prevention approaches is needed including prevention of sexually transmitted infections,...
This standardized system for classifying stillbirths and neonatal deaths, aims to help countries link stillbirths and neonatal deaths to contributing conditions...
Making every baby count
Pregnancy is a time of great anticipation for all expectant parents and their families as they envision getting to know and love a healthy baby. The presence...
Maternal death surveillance and response: technical guidance
Most maternal deaths are preventable. In order to end preventable maternal deaths, accurate information on how many women died, where they died and how...
The WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium: ICD MM
Reducing maternal mortality by 75% is the Millennium Development Goal 5a. To reach this goal, countries need an accurate picture of the causes and levels...
Quality of care for Maternal and Newborn - a monitoring framework for network countries
