Also, one in ten women in high-income countries and one in five in low- and middle-income countries experience anxiety and depression in the perinatal period. Nearly 20% of women with perinatal mental health conditions experience suicidal thoughts or undertake acts of self-harm. This calls for urgent support for perinatal mental health globally.
Launch of the WHO guide for integration of perinatal mental health in ...
Maternal and perinatal health Each day, about 800 women across the world die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, most of which are preventable or treatable.
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is defined as an essential quality improvement intervention which permits the identification, notification, quantification and determination of causes and avoidability of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirth with the goal of orienting the measures necessary for their prevention.
The newly launched Roadmap for research on maternal and perinatal health in the context of epidemic threats provides a comprehensive strategy to address the unique challenges pregnant women and babies face during epidemics.
A manual for psychological management of perinatal depression Overview The Thinking Health manual outlines an evidence-based approach describing how community health workers can reduce prenatal depression through evidence-based cognitive-behavioural techniques recommended by the mhGAP programme. This manual is the first volume of WHO’s new series on low-intensity psychological interventions.
establishing a system of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR), which includes clinical audits at hospital and national levels; and improving the knowledge and skills of health-care providers on evidence-based interventions in different areas of maternal and newborn care, including emergency obstetric and neonatal care.