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Maternal health

Mothers and babies for health check up

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We work to improve maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health through collaboration with communities, governments and partners in South Asia.

Mothers with their newborns

21 November 2017

Maternal, newborn and child health

Each year, more than a million newborn deaths occur in South Asia.

SNCU at district hospital

150 million babies born preterm in the last decade

Sadhvi Choubey, a six month pregnant woman

What to eat before, during and after pregnancy

Expert nutrition tips for new mums and mums-to-be

Afghanistan Ghor malnutrition Sorayaa and Ehsan

Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk – UNICEF

With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women

Mother hold her baby while she waits

17 February 2023

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

New data show major setbacks for maternal health in many parts of the world, highlighting stark disparities in healthcare access

Pregnant woman, Kavita vinod

23 January 2023

COVID-19 and pregnancy

What we know about safe pregnancy in the pandemic’s fourth year

Mohsina

01 September 2022

Postpartum and Newborn Care in the Rohingya refugee camps

Health workers at UNICEF primary healthcare centre work round the clock to give Rohingya children the best start in life

twins

Improving the survival and well-being of new-borns

Kangaroo Mother Care supports the survival of low-weight and premature babies

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20 December 2021

Latest child mortality estimates reveal world remains off track to meeting Sustainable Development Goals

New report by the UN IGME reveals an urgent need to invest in strengthening data systems to track newborn and child health and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, two thirds of which have had no reliable mortality data in the past three years