Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide for Midwives and Doctors

The Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth (IMPAC) is a strategy to improve access to and quality of maternal and neonatal health care. It comprises:

• evidence-based norms and standards of care;

• managerial tools of strengthen the capacity of the health care system;

• a process to foster involvement of individuals, families and communities; and

• an impleme strategy.

IMPAC is designed to be adapted to local situations and to be imjplemented in countries by the government, in collaboration with UN and bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations and other partners at the national level.