2025 Volume 13 Issue 4 Pages 87-89
In 2024, the Safe Beginnings: 1st Regional Conference on Maternal and Child Health (MCH) was held in the Calabarzon Region of the Philippines, in partnership with the 14th International Conference on the MCH Handbook. This conference emphasized the role of the MCH Handbook in ensuring continuum of care by supporting pregnant women and their families. It brought together experts and stakeholders for MCH from across the globe, where the progress of implementing the MCH handbook in 18 different countries was discussed, and the Manila Declaration was formally released as part of the mandate to strengthen collaboration towards sustainable MCH handbook programs for improved MCH outcomes.
Then in May 2025, the online seminar Global Updates on Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and the MCH Handbook, and was held to follow through on the agreements reached during the 14th international conference. Developments on MCH handbook implementation were discussed by representatives from the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia and the United States. Indonesia was also announced as the venue of the 15th International Conference on the MCH Handbook.
