Obstetric Facility Quality and Newborn Mortality in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study

26.03.2016
One possible explanation of preventable newborn deaths is poor quality of clinical care. This paper assesses facility quality and estimates the association of facility quality with neonatal mortality in Malawi.

Hygiene on maternity units: lessons from a needs assessment in Bangladesh and India

26.03.2016
As the proportion of deliveries in health institutions increases in LMICs, so do the challenges of maintaining standards of hygiene and preventing healthcare-associated infections in mothers and babies. A needs assessment was conducted in seven maternity units in Gujarat, India, and eight in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh in 2014.

WHO Guidelines on Core Components of Infection Prevention & Control Programmes at the National and Acute Health Care Facility Level: two page summary

26.03.2016
These guidelines cover eight areas of IPC and comprise 14 recommendations and best practice statements. These range from the need to set up national IPC programmes, through to a focus on workload, staffing, bed occupancy and WASH.

Technical Guide for WASH in Primary Health Care Centres, Nigeria

26.03.2016
Guides for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of WASH facilities in PHC Centers in Nigeria, to ensure that centers are capable of improving the Health of the patients, staff and caregivers as well as local communities.

Fight antimicrobial resistance: protect mothers and newborns

26.03.2016
A handout given at the 2016 Women Deliver Conference with WHO recommendations to reduce AMR around the time of delivery.

The global push for institutional childbirths – in unhygienic facilities

26.03.2016
Editorial piece in the BMJ looking at childbirth without access to water and sanitation.