| Description | Recommendations for birth spacing made by international organizations are based on information that was available several years ago. While publications by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations recommend waiting at least 2-3 years between pregnancies to reduce infant and child mortality, and also to benefit maternal health, revent studies supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have suggested that londer birth spacing, 3-5 years, might be more advantageous. Country and regional programmes have requested that WHO clarify the significance of the USAID-supported studies. |
| Tag | report, WHO, English, birth spacing, maternal outcomes, perinatal outcomes, neonatal mortality, post-neonatal outcomes, childhood outcomes, post-abortion spacing, age, fecundity, fertility aspirations, access to health services, child-rearing support, maternal mortality, birth-to-pregnancy intervals, meta-analysis, safe abortion, unsafe abortion, spontaneous abortion, public hospitals, Latin America, Argentina, Uraguay, miscarriage, nutrition, psychological development, spacing terminology, Apgar scores, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, premature rupturing of membranes, proteinuria, edema, anaemia, anemia, pre-term live birth, stillbirth, gestational age, low birth weight |
