'World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office'
Abstract
Recognizing the need for action, the
national governments of Bangladesh,
Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India,
Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and United Republic
of Tanzania, together with WHO,
the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), implementation
partners and other stakeholders, have
established the Network for Improving
Quality of Care for Maternal Newborn
and Child Health care.10 The network has
agreed to pursue the ambitious goals of
halving maternal and newborn deaths
and stillbirths and improving experience
of care in participating health facilities
within five years of implementation.
Under the leadership of the participating
countries’ health ministries, the
network will support the implementation
of national frameworks for quality
improvement by pursuing four strategic
objectives: (i) leadership by building and
strengthening national institutions and
processes for improving quality of care;
(ii) action by accelerating and sustaining
implementation of quality-of-care
improvement packages through operationalizing
a standards-based approach
to quality improvement; (iii) learning by
promoting joint learning and generating
evidence on quality planning, improvement
and control of health services;
and (iv) accountability by developing,
strengthening and sustaining institutions
and mechanisms for accountability
of quality maternal, neonatal and child
health services that are equitable and
dignified
