Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department

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

A pregnant woman consults an expert during an antenatal visit.

A close-up photo in a hospital setting depicting a midwife providing assistance to a mother during a breastfeeding session.

Technical areas of work

Monitoring and evaluation

Strategic directions 2023-2030

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Our activities

Journal articles

MCA and COVID-19 pandemic response: Resources and information

Six years to the SDG deadline. Six actions to reduce unacceptably high maternal, newborn and child deaths and stillbirths.

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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Digital adaptation kits (DAKs) are one of the foundational layers of the SMART Guidelines approach, which translate narrative guidelines into systematic...

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This document is the twelfth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association...

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As the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme heat events increase, pregnant and postpartum women, newborns and children face growing risks to their...

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