Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: report on the 2023 policy survey

Report on the 2023 policy survey Sexual, reproductive,maternal, newborn, childand adolescent health Report on the 2023 policy survey Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: report on the 2023 policy survey ISBN 978-92-4-010017-6 (electronic version)ISBN 978-92-4-010018-3 (print version) © World Health Organization 2024 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes,provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In any use of this work, there should be nosuggestion that WHO endorses any specific organization, products or services. The use of the WHO logo isnot permitted. If you adapt the work, then you must license your work under the same or equivalent CreativeCommons licence. If you create a translation of this work, you should add the following disclaimer along withthe suggested citation: “This translation was not created by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is notresponsible for the content or accuracy of this translation. The original English edition shall be the binding andauthentic edition”. Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance with the mediationrules of the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/mediation/rules/). Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) data. CIP data are available athttps://iris.who.int/. Sales, rights and licensing. To purchase WHO publications, seehttps://www.who.int/publications/book-orders.To submit requests for commercial use and queries on rights and licensing, seehttps://www.who.int/copyright. Third-party materials. If you wish to reuse material from this work that is attributed to a third party, such astables, figures or images, it is your responsibility to determine whether permission is needed for that reuse andto obtain permission from the copyright holder. The risk of claims resulting from infringement of any third-party-owned component in the work rests solely with the user. General disclaimers. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do notimply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country,territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dottedand dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsedor recommended by WHO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors andomissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by WHO to verify the information contained in this publication.However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall WHO beliable for damages arising from its use. Design and layout by 400 Communications Limited. Contents AcknowledgementsxviAbreviationsxviiExecutive summaryxviii1.Introduction22.Methods52.1Development of survey tool52.2Survey administration52.3Data processing62.4Data analysis63.Response rate84.Cross-cutting areas in SRMNCAH114.1Key points on availability of national policies/guidelines/laws in cross-cutting areas114.2Availability of national strategies/plans and coordinating bodies for SRMNCAH134.3Availability of national policies/guidelines on quality of care for SRMNCAH services164.4Availability of national legislation on the rights of the child to health and health care184.5Availability of national policies and legislation on birth registration185.Maternal and newborn health215.1Key points on availability of national policies/guidelines/laws on maternal andnewborn health215.2Availability of national strategic plans245.3Availability of national antenatal care policies255.3.1Availability of national policies/guidelines on number and timing of antenatalcare contacts255.3.2Availability of national policies/guidelines on components of antenatal care275.3.3Availability of national policies/guidelines on use of antenatal corticosteroids285.4Availability of national policies/guidelines related to childbirth295.5Availability of national policies/guidelines on postnatal care for mothers and newborns305.5.1Availability of national policies/guidelines on essential newborn care315.5.2Availability of national policies/guidelines on the minimum length of stayin a facility and discharge criteria32 5.5.3Availability of national policies/guidelines on numb