ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2021
WHO next-generation partograph: revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the Modified WHO Labour Care Guide to Detect Prolonged and Obstructed Labour Among Women Admitted at Eight Publicly Funded, Midwife-Led Community Health Facilities in Rural Mbarara District, Southwestern Uganda: An Ambispective Cohort Study.International journal of women's health · 2025Trial
- Effect of implementation of the WHO intrapartum care model on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a randomized control trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Effects of the WHO Labour Care Guide on cesarean section in India: a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pilot trial.Nature medicine · 2024Trial
- The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Platform: study protocol for an observational, multi-country study on the quality of intrapartum and early postnatal care at health facilities.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Midwives' experiences and perceptions on the use of the Labour Care Guide: A qualitative study.Curationis · 2026Article
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- Current status of cesarean section in secondary maternal and child health hospitals under new fertility policies: using the Robson classification system.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Caesarean section Robson classification, complications, and lessons learned in a rural hospital in Walikale, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- A Comparative Observational Study on the WHO Labour Care Guide Versus the WHO Modified Partograph on Labour Outcome.Cureus · 2026Article
- Fetomaternal Outcomes of Induced versus Spontaneous Labor in an Urban Omani Hospital.Oman medical journal · 2026Article
- The Impact of Maternal BMI on the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Misoprostol for Labor Induction.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Promoting respectful maternity care with the WHO labor care guide and the checklist mnemonic "COPE": A quality improvement project.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
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- Psychosocial needs of women undergoing perinatal intimate examinations.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
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- Determinant of adverse early neonatal outcomes following emergency cesarean section in North West, Ethiopia: institutional-based case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of the Midwifery Interventions Classification for a Salutogenic Approach to Maternity Care: A Delphi Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Collecting Real-Time Patient-Reported Outcome Data During Latent Labor: Feasibility Study of the MyCap Mobile App in Prospective Person-Centered Research.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Health after childbirth.Case reports in women's health · 2024Article
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G J HofmeyrDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3080-1007
S BernitzDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-2348
M BonetUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9015-1635
M BucaguDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
B DaoJhpiego, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1030-5567
S DowneResearch in Childbirth and Health (ReaCH) Group, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
H GaladanciAfrica Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy, Bayero University, Bayero, Nigeria.
Cse HomerMaternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programme, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
V HundleyCentre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-4135
T LavenderDepartment of International Global Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
B LevyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
D LissauerMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Research Institute, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi.
P LumbiganonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
F E McConvilleDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
R PattinsonSouth African Medical Research Council/University of Pretoria Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, Pretoria, South Africa.
Z QureshiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
J P SouzaDepartment of Social Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
M E StantonBureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
P Ten Hoope-BenderUnited Nations Population Fund, Geneva, Switzerland.
V VannevelSouth African Medical Research Council/University of Pretoria Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, Pretoria, South Africa.
J P VogelMaternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programme, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-7096
O T OladapoUNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)World Health Organization 001
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