Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing

We lead WHO’s work on the life course so that every pregnant woman, mother, newborn, child, adolescent, and older person will survive, thrive and enjoy health and well-being.

About us

Technical areas of work

Monitoring and evaluation

MCA and COVID-19 pandemic response: Resources and information

Our activities

Journal articles

Six actions to reduce unacceptably high maternal, newborn and child deaths and stillbirths.

Breastfeeding while giving kangaroo mother care

Maternal health

Preterm baby kept warm in incubator_UNICEF Ethiopia

Newborn health

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Child health and development

basketball team Brazil Credit UN Women-Gustavo Stephan

Adolescent and young adult health

Ageing and health

Advisory groups

Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for MNCAH and Nutrition

The Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA)

Mother and Newborn Information for Tracking Outcomes and Results (MoNITOR)

Child Health Accountability Tracking Technical Advisory Group (CHAT)

Technical Advisory Group on Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Our latest publications

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Report of a scoping meeting for the selection of indicators to monitor the impact of extreme heat on maternal, newborn and child health

The full report is structured to inform on the presentations and key discussions based on the priority topics: indicators to monitor the impact of heat...

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The adolescent health indicators recommended by the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health

About 1.3 billion of the world’s population are adolescents, defined as those aged 10-19 years. Adolescents bear long periods of exposure to, and...

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Working for a brighter, healthier future

WHO has progressively strengthened its work for adolescent health, growing its portfolio of research, norms and standards, country support and advocacy,...

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