Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025
Year of Publication2023
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Maintained
For the sole purpose of reducing unnecessary caesarean sections, financial strategies (i.e. insurance reforms equalizing physician fees for vaginal births and caesarean sections) for health-care professionals or health-care organizations are recommended only in the context of rigorous research.
Recommendation in research context
Only in research contexts
Certainty of evidence
Very low
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Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO recommendations non-clinical interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections
Year2018
InstitutionWorld Health Organization