What Ribbon Alliance?

What Ribbon Alliance?

The White Ribbon Alliance is an international coalition bound together by a common goal: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in every country around the world.

What is White Ribbon Alliance India?

WRA India was launched in 1999 when the Center for Catalyzing Change (formerly known as CEDPA), brought together a group of individuals and organizations to advocate for safe motherhood in India. Our vision is an India where all women and girls realize their right to quality health and wellbeing.

What is the respectful maternity care charter?

The Respectful Maternity Care Charter addresses the issue of disrespect and abuse toward women and newborns utilizing maternal and newborn care services and provides a platform for improvement by: Aligning women’s demand for high‐quality maternal and newborn care with international human rights law standards; and.

Why respectful maternity care is important?

Thus, the notion of safe motherhood must be expanded beyond the prevention of morbidity or mortality to encompass respect for women’s basic human rights, including respect for women’s autonomy, dignity, feelings, choices, and preferences, including companionship during maternity care.

What is the importance of safe motherhood?

The goal of the National Safe Motherhood Program is to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and to improve the maternal and neonatal health through preventive and promotive activities as well as by addressing avoidable factors that cause death during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period.

What Is Safe Motherhood According to who?

The goal of the Safe Motherhood Initiative is to cut maternal mortality by half by the year 2000. We know what to do to reduce the tragedy of maternal mortality; what we need is the political will and strong, concerted action.

How do you measure respectful maternity care?

Mothers on Respect Index (MOR) The MOR index is a reliable, patient-informed quality and safety indicator that can be applied across jurisdictions to assess the nature of provider-patient relationships, and access to person-centered care.

What are the components of respectful maternity care?

These components generally include providing safe and timely care, nurturing positive interactions between midwives and women, protecting confidentiality, maintaining an active role in the labor process, obtaining the women’s consent before performing procedures, providing information regarding procedures to women.

Why is White Ribbon important?

White Ribbon is the world’s largest movement engaging men and boys to end men’s violence against women and girls, promote gender equality and create new opportunities for men to build positive, healthy and respectful relationships.

What is concept of safe motherhood?

Safe motherhood means ensuring that all women have access to the information and services they need to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth. It includes: Prenatal care (care during pregnancy) and counseling with focus on high risk pregnancies. Promotion of maternal nutrition.