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Maternal health

A mother holds her baby in her arms
Programme
10/04/2017
Nutrition
Read how we work to ensure that all children have the best nutritional start in life.
Mother and father with new born baby
News note
07/31/2019
Why family-friendly policies are critical to increasing breastfeeding rates worldwide - UNICEF
Policies that support breastfeeding are not yet available to most mothers worldwide.
Dr. Baktygul Pakirova watches Jiydegul, hold her newborn son Nurdan. After 2 days in the hospital mother and son will be ready to go home.
Press release
06/04/2019
World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers - UNICEF
Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage 03 June 2019
Mother and newborn baby at the Osh Regional Maternity Hospital in Kyrgyzstan.
Press release
01/01/2019
New Year’s Babies: Over 15,700 children will be born in parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia on New Year’s Day
As the calendar turns to 2019, UNICEF calls on nations to meet every newborn’s right to health and survival
Mother Bayarmaa with her baby Uuriintsolmon (2 weeks), in her living room in Murun, Mongolia on the 1st of March 2018.
Campaign
01/01/2019
Every Child ALIVE
Make saving newborn lives a part of your New Year's resolution for 2019!
Ana Ivanovic speaking with mothers at a neonatal care unit in Serbia.
Link
12/26/2018
Ana Ivanovic Visits Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Ana Ivanovic, National Ambassador for UNICEF in Serbia, visits Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
14th May 2018: 18 month old baby Kim Hyang Jong in Jongju City Hospital, DPR Korea, with her mother.
Press release
10/25/2018
New Global Commitment to Primary Health Care for all at Astana Conference
Declaration of Astana charts course to achieve universal health coverage, 40 years since declaration on primary health care in Alma-Ata
Mother and newborn baby at the Osh Regional Maternity Hospital in Kyrgyzstan.
Press release
10/09/2018
Media advisory: Global conference on primary health care
World Leaders to declare historic commitment to primary health care and health for all in Astana between 25-26 October 2018
Mother breastfeeds her baby, while the father and the older son support them.
Press release
05/10/2018
UNICEF calls for the narrowing of “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor worldwide
Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, 1 in 5 babies in high-income countries are not breastfed at all, compared to just 1 in 25 in low- and-middle-income countries
Bikile Aljra, 20, breastfeeds while giving 'kangaroo mother care', a method of care for pre-term infants, to her daughter Leti, at a UNICEF-supported Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the remote Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia.
Report
02/20/2018
Every child ALIVE
The urgent need to end newborn deaths