Respectful Maternity Care is treating a woman with dignity throughout her pregnancy, birth and the period following childbirth. It respects her rights and choices through supportive communication, actions and attitudes.

NEW FROM MCHIP: The Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) Toolkit helps to develop positive attitudes in the care of women and their newborns.

THE TOOLKIT INCLUDES:The survey “Respectful Maternity Care: Country Experiences” offers an RMC overview from 19 countries.

Respectful Maternity Care Program Review Instrument can be used for country level RMC self-assessment.

PowerPoint Presentation “Respectful Maternity Care: General Concepts and Considerations” gives guidance on the promotion of RMC.

Learning Resource Package for Respectful Maternity Care provides all the materials needed to conduct a one-day Respectful Maternity Care Workshop for clinicians.

Operational Standards for RMC for antenatal care, childbirth care and postnatal care establish objective guidance to gauge health care workers’ clinical performance promoting RMC.

Resource List for Respectful Maternity Care provides RMC references and links.

Program Briefs detail examples of RMC being implemented at the field level.

Monitoring Indicators for Respectful Maternity Care measure the success of RMC interventions.

Job Aids serve as on-the-job reminders of the importance of maintaining RMC.

To view, share, comment, or download, visit: http://www.k4health.org/toolkits/rmc