Addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health

The Quality of Care Network is a network for improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health.

Broadening the focus from access to care to include quality of care, WHO and UNICEF launched the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother’s experience of care.

The Network sets out to achieve a vision where every pregnant woman and newborn infant receives good quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. It will look at quality of care both in the way it is delivered by health workers, and experienced by patients. The Network is underpinned by the values of quality, equity and dignity and supports the targets of Every Woman Every Child’s (EWEC) Global Strategy.

In 2017-2019, a first group of nine countries will be joining the Network: Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, with more countries to join subsequently.