WHO, FIGO, ICM urge better prevention, faster diagnosis and treatment to address world’s leading childbirth complication

JordanOctober 5, 2025

Published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the guidelines introduce new objective diagnostic criteria for detecting PPH, based on the largest study on the topic to date – also published today in The Lancet.

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