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
New
Policy-makers should consider educational, regulatory, financial, and personal and professional support interventions to recruit and retain qualified health workers in rural and remote areas
Context specific recommendation
Only in specific contexts
Notes and Remarks
- 1.This Recommendation has been adapted and integrated for the ANC guideline from the 2010 WHO publication Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention: global policy recommendations
- 2.Conditional educational, regulatory and financial recommendations from this guideline can be found in the WHO global policy recommendations document, available at: http://www.who.int/hrh/ retention/guidelines/en/