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WHO recommendations: Intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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Annex 2External experts and WHO staff involved in the preparation of this guideline

WHO Steering Group (Geneva, Switzerland)

  • A. Metin Gülmezoglu
    Coordinator
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
  • Ana Pilar Betrán
    Medical Officer
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
  • Mercedes Bonet
    Medical Officer
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
  • Maurice Bucagu
    Medical Officer
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
  • Olufemi Oladapo
    Medical Officer
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
  • Anayda Portela
    Technical Officer
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
  • João Paulo Souza
    Medical Officer
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
  • Joshua Vogel
    Technical Officer
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research

Guideline Development Group (GDG)

  • Hany Abdel-Aleem
    Professor
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Women's
    Health Hospital
    Assiut University Hospital
    Assiut
    Egypt
  • Fernando Althabe
    Director
    Department of Mother and Child Health Research
    Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
    (IECS)
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
  • Melania Maria Ramos de Amorim
    Senior Researcher
    Instituto Paraibano de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim
    Amorim Neto
    Campina Grande
    Brazil
    and
    Professor
    Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando
    Figueira
    Recife
    Brazil
  • Michael Boulvain
    Professor
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Geneva University Hospital
    Geneva
    Switzerland
  • Aparajita Gogoi
    Executive Director
    Centre for Catalyzing Change (formerly CEDPA India)
    New Delhi
    India
  • Tina Lavender
    Professor
    University of Manchester
    School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work
    Manchester
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland (United Kingdom)
  • Pisake Lumbiganon (Chair, September 2017 consultation)
    Dean and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Convenor, Thai Cochrane Network
    Faculty of Medicine
    Khon Kaen University
    Khon Kaen
    Thailand
  • Silke Mader
    Chairwoman of the Executive Board
    European Foundation for the Care of Newborn
    Infants (EFCNI)
    Munich
    Germany
  • Suellen Miller
    Director, Safe Motherhood Program
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
    Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Policy
    University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California
  • Rintaro Mori
    Director
    Department of Health Policy
    National Research Institute for Child Health and Development
    Tokyo
    Japan
  • James Neilson (Chair, May 2017 consultation)
    Coordinating Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    and
    Professor
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
  • Hiromi Obara
    Health Policy Advisor
    Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
    Vientiane
    Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Oladapo Olayemi
    Professor and Head of Department
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    College of Medicine
    University of Ibadan
    Ibadan
    Nigeria
  • Robert Pattinson
    Professor and Director
    South African Medical Research Council/University of Pretoria (SAMRC/UP) Maternal and Infant Health
    Care Strategies Unit
    Kalafong Hospital
    Pretoria, Gauteng
    South Africa
  • Harshad Sanghvi
    Chief Medical Officer
    Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland
    USA
  • Mandisa Singata-Madliki
    Deputy Director
    Effective Care Research Unit
    East London Hospital Complex
    University of Fort Hare
    East London
    South Africa
  • Jorge E. Tolosa
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Coordinator Global Network for Perinatal & Reproductive Health (GNPRH) (FUNDAREDMATERNA – Colombia)
    Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
    Oregon Health & Science University
    Portland, Oregon
    USA
    and
    Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia
    Centro Nacer, Salud Sexual y Reproductiva
    Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia
    Medellín
    Colombia
  • Hayfaa Wahabi
    Professor and Chair
    Evidence-based Healthcare and Knowledge
    Translation
    College of Medicine, King Saud University
    Riyadh
    Saudi Arabia

External Review Group

  • Blami Dao
    Technical Director, Western and Central Africa
    Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland
    USA
  • G. Justus Hofmeyr
    Professor
    Effective Care Research Unit
    Universities of Witwatersrand and Fort Hare
    and
    Eastern Cape Department of Health
    East London
    South Africa
  • Caroline Homer
    Professor and Director
    Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health
    Faculty of Health
    University of Technology Sydney
    Sydney
    Australia
  • Vanora Hundley
    Professor
    Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health
    Bournemouth University
    Bournemouth
    United Kingdom
  • Barbara Levy
    Vice President Health Policy
    American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    Washington DC
    USA
  • Ashraf Nabhan
    Professor
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Ain Shams University
    Heliopolis, Cairo
    Egypt

Technical Working Group

  • Edgardo Abalos
    Vice Director
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Moreno, Rosario
    Argentina
  • Debra Bick
    Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery Practice
    Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
    Division of Women's Health
    King's College London
    London
    United Kingdom
  • Meghan Bohren
    Consultant
    Department of Reproductive Health and Research
    World Health Organization
    Geneva
    Switzerland
  • Monica Chamillard
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Moreno, Rosario
    Argentina
  • Virginia Diaz
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Moreno, Rosario
    Argentina
  • Soo Downe
    Professor
    Midwifery Studies
    University of Central Lancashire
    Preston, Lancashire
    United Kingdom
  • Therese Dowswell
    Research Associate
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth
    Department of Women's and Children's Health
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
  • Kenneth Finlayson
    Senior Research Assistant
    Midwifery Studies
    University of Central Lancashire
    Preston, Lancashire
    United Kingdom
  • Frances Kellie
    Managing Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth
    Department of Women's and Children's Health
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
  • Theresa Lawrie
    Consultant
    Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd
    Bath
    United Kingdom
  • Julia Pasquale
    Medical Doctor
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales
    Moreno, Rosario
    Argentina
  • Elham Shakibazadeh
    Associate Professor
    Department of Health Education and Promotion
    School of Public Health
    Tehran University of Medical Sciences
    Tehran
    Iran
  • Gill Thomson
    Associate Professor
    Maternal and Infant Nutrition & Nurture Unit
    School of Community Health & Midwifery
    University of Central Lancashire
    Preston, Lancashire
    United Kingdom

External partners and meeting observers

  • Diogo Ayres-de-Campos
    Member, FIGO Committee for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (2015–2018)
    International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
    London
    United Kingdom
  • Petra ten Hoope-Bender
    Technical Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health
    United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
    Geneva
    Switzerland
  • Mechthild M. Gross
    Head of Midwifery Research and Education Unit
    Hannover Medical School
    Hannover
    Germany
    and
    Representative
    International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
    The Hague
    The Netherlands
  • Mary Ellen Stanton
    Senior Reproductive Health Advisor
    Center for Population, Health and Nutrition
    United States Agency for International Development
    Washington, DC
    USA
  • Alison Wright
    Vice President for UK and Global Membership
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    London
    United Kingdom

WHO Regional Office representatives

Regional Office for Africa

  • Léopold Ouedraogo
    Regional Advisor
    Research and Program Development
    Reproductive Health
    Health Promotion Cluster

Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

  • Bremen De Mucio
    Regional Advisor
    Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Latin American Center for Perinatology

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

  • Karima Gholbzouri
    Medical Officer
    Reproductive and Maternal Health

Regional Office for Europe

  • Mavjuda Babamuradova
    Medical Officer
    Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Noncommunicable Diseases and Life-Course

Regional Office for the Western Pacific

  • Mari Nagai
    Technical Officer
    Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
    Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health through the Life-Course
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