ORGANIZATION
CORE Group
USAID
YEAR PUBLISHED
2004
DESCRIPTION
The Maternal and Newborn Standards and Indicators Compendium is designed to assist program designers working for international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) develop high quality programs focused on women and children. The Maternal and Newborn Standards and Indicators Compendium is the result of a three-year collaborative effort led by the Safe Motherhood/Reproductive Health (SMRH) Working Group, CORE Group. In addition, more than 40 experts in the fields of safe motherhood, reproductive health, child survival, and program design, monitoring, evaluation, and implementation contributed to this effort by providing technical comments, providing illustrations, and offering suggestions in the design of the Compendium. These contributing experts represent USAID Cooperating Agencies (CAs), US-based international NGOs, universities, and USAID staff members.