Over the past decade, an increasing ensemble of evidence has highlighted the widespread impact of ill-treatment and the need to offer respectful care at the center of all maternal and newborn health strategies.
The WHO Human Reproduction Program (HRP) and the partners published a new collection on Wednesday aimed at ending the abuse and the promotion of respectful maternal and neonatal care, presenting the latest evidence and advice on best practices.
From the development of policies to clinical environments and community services, this collection describes the exploitable stages to respect the rights, needs and preferences of women, newborns, parents and families.
Wide range of ill -treatment
Take different forms, the ill -treatment during childbirth goes from negligence and abuse to non -consensual medical procedures, with a prior study of the WHO noting that 40% of women in four countries had undergone a kind of abuse or discrimination during work or childbirth.
Some said they were slapped, shown in or force constraints.
In these four countries, researchers also found that More than four in 10 women had been physically or verbally attacked during childbirthSome also suffer discrimination.
Furthermore, Up to 75% of extremely sensitive procedures were carried out without consent.
Exclude
“”Too often, women are not part of decision -making and are treated with contempt or even abuseE, “said who Dr. Hedieh Mehrtash is.
“Respectful maternal and newborn care must be integrated and integrated into policies and practices,” said who, as a collection, provides practical resources to countries, urging health systems to integrate dignity, equity and respect in all aspects of maternity and newborns-in a proactive manner-based on the 2014 declaration on WHO in 2014 respect and mistreatment.
Highlighting critical fields where ill -treatment is often overlooked, which is Compendium provides program managers with essential history to build a fundamental understanding of abuse and respectful care and aims to guarantee that respectful practices become the norm.
