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Annex 1Contributors to the guideline

WHO Steering Group (Geneva, Switzerland)

  • Rajiv Bahl
    Unit Head
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing
  • Tarun Dua
    Programme Manager
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Olufemi T. Oladapo
    Unit Head
    Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research
  • Fernando Althabe
    Medical Officer
    Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research
  • Mercedes Bonet
    Medical Officer
    Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research
  • Neerja Chowdhary
    Technical Officer
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Karen Edmond
    Scientist
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing
  • Anayda Portela
    Technical Officer
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing
  • Shuchita Gupta
    Medical Officer
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing
  • Lisa Rogers
    Technical Officer
    Department of Nutrition and Food Safety
  • João Paulo Souza
    Consultant
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing

Guideline Development Group

  • Shabina Ariff
    Director of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    Consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist
    Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
    Aga Khan University
    Karachi, Pakistan
  • Abdullah Baqui
    Director
    International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Baltimore, United States of America (USA)
  • Blami Dao
    Technical Director
    Western and Central Africa
    Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, USA
  • Louise Tina Day
    EN-BIRTH Research Manager
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Abiy Seifu Estifanos
    Lecturer
    School of Public Health of Addis Ababa University
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Duncan Fisher
    Co-founder and Editor
    Family Included
    United Kingdom
  • Jane Fisher (Chair, Maternal mental health)
    Director, Global and Women’s Health
    Head, Division of Social Sciences
    School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
    Monash University
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Zelee Hill
    Associate Professor
    Institute for Global Health
    Faculty of Population Health Sciences
    University College
    London, United Kingdom
  • Caroline Homer
    Co-Program Director
    Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
    Burnet Institute
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian
    Associate Professor
    Department of Health Promotion and Community Health
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    American University of Beirut
    Beirut, Lebanon
  • Mary Kinney
    Researcher
    School of Public Health
    University of Western Cape
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tina Lavender
    Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health
    Department of Women’s and Children’s Health
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Pisake Lumbiganon
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Convenor, Thai Cochrane Network
    Faculty of Medicine
    Khon Kaen University
    Khon Kaen, Thailand
  • Address Malata
    Professor
    Malawi University of Science and Technology
    Limbe, Malawi
  • James Neilson (Chair, Maternal health, health systems and health promotion)
    Coordinating Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Ibone Olza
    Co-founder, El Parto es Nuestro
    Director of European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health
    Madrid, Spain
  • Malvarappu Prakasamma
    Professor
    Academy for Nursing Studies and Women’s Empowerment Research Studies
    Telangana, India
  • Siddarth Ramji (Chair, Newborn health)
    Director-Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology
    Department of Neonatology
    Maulana Azad Medical College
    New Delhi, India
  • Parminder Suchdev
    Associate Director, Emory Global Health Institute
    Director, Global Health Office of Pediatrics
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Hubert
    Department of Global Health
    Emory University
    Atlanta, USA
  • Mark Tomlinson
    Professor
    Institute for Life Course Health Research
    Stellenbosch University
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Haifa Wahabi
    Chair of Evidence-based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation
    College of Medicine
    King Saud University
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

External Review Group

  • Rafat Jan
    Professor and Associate Dean
    Outreach and Policy Unit
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Aga Khan University
    Karachi, Pakistan
  • Silke Mader
    Chairwoman of the Executive Board
    European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants
    Munich, Germany
  • Matthews Mathai
    Independent Consultant in International Maternal and Perinatal Health
    St John’s, Canada
  • Linda Richter
    Professor
    DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development
    University of the Witwatersrand
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jane Sandall
    Professor of Social Science and Women’s Health
    Department of Women and Children’s Health
    King’s College London
    London, United Kingdom
  • Steve Wall
    Senior Director
    Newborn Health
    Save the Children US
    Washington, DC, USA

Technical Working Group

  • Edgardo Abalos
    Director
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Monica Chamillard
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Virginia Diaz
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Soo Downe
    Professor of Midwifery Studies
    University of Lancashire
    Preston, United Kingdom
  • Kenneth Finlayson
    Research Associate
    School of Community Health and Midwifery
    University of Central Lancashire
    Preston, United Kingdom
  • Leanne Jones
    Deputy Managing Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth
    Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Ani Movsisyan
    Consultant
    Pettenkofer School of Public Health
    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Munich, Germany
  • Susan Munabi-Babigumira
    Researcher
    Department of Global Health/Cochrane Effective
    Practice and Organisation of Care Group Division for Health Services
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health
    Oslo, Norway
  • Julia Pascale
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Yanina Sguassero
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Aleena Wojcieszek
    Consultant
    Dr Aleena Wojcieszek Consulting
    Brisbane, Australia

External Partners and Meeting Observers

  • Carlos Fuchtner
    President
    International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    London, United Kingdom
  • Gagan Gupta
    Health Specialist
    United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
    New York, USA
  • Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel
    Senior Adviser
    Maternal and Newborn Health
    UNICEF
    New York, USA
  • Petra ten Hoope-Bender
    Technical Adviser
    Sexual and Reproductive Health
    United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
    Geneva, Switzerland
  • William Keenan
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University
    President, International Pediatric Association
    Saint Louis, USA
  • Smita Kumar
    Senior Newborn Advisor
    Office of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition
    United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Rebecca Levine
    Senior Maternal Health Advisor
    USAID
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Jeffrey Smith
    Deputy Director
    Implementation Research and Demonstration for Scale
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Ann Yates
    Lead Midwife Advisor
    International Confederation of Midwives
    The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Willibald Zeck
    Global Maternal and Newborn Thematic Fund
    Coordinator
    UNFPA
    New York, USA

WHO Regional Office Representatives

Regional Office for Africa

  • Triphonie Nkurunziza
    Medical Officer
    Reproductive, Maternal Health and Ageing Team
  • Assumpta Muriithi
    Medical Officer
    Reproductive, Maternal Health and Ageing Team
    Child and Adolescent Health Programme

Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization

  • Bremen De Mucio
    Advisor on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health
  • Pablo Duran
    Advisor, Perinatal Health
    Latin American Center of Perinatology
    Women and Reproductive Health

Regional Office for Europe

  • Oleg Kuzmenko
    Technical Officer
    Reproductive and Maternal Health

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

  • Jamela Al-Raiby
    Regional Advisor
    Child and Adolescent Health Programme
  • Karima Gholbzouri
    Regional Advisor
    Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research

Regional Office for South-East Asia

  • Anoma Jayathilaka
    Medical Officer
    Maternal and Reproductive Health
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