08 · Implementation · Guidelines, roadmap and the moment

For the first time,

the world agrees on unified action for PPH.

WHO-FIGO-ICM guidelines (add name) and the Lancet PPH Series
The convergence

The convergence

Four instruments now say the same thing [1] [2] [3] [4]:

EVIDENCE

E-MOTIVE Trial (NEJM)

The 2026 Lancet PPH Series

Three papers covering:

  • incidence and missed opportunities,
  • prevention,
  • diagnosis and treatment.

STRATEGY

The WHO Roadmap 2023–2030

  • Outlining research,
  • clinical standards,
  • implementation
  • advocacy streams.

GUIDLINES

The WHO–FIGO–ICM consolidated guidelines

The first consolidated global standard (October 2025), including the updated definition of postpartum haemorrhage

IMPLEMENTATION

The implementation guide and training toolkit

  • Checklists,
  • algorithms,
  • simulation scenarios
  • clinical decision aids designed for different resource settings.
Four instruments point the same way: the 2026 Lancet PPH Series as the evidence, the WHO FIGO ICM consolidated guidelines as the standards, the WHO Roadmap 2023 to 2030 as the strategy, and the implementation guide and training toolkit as the delivery tools. They converge on one agenda, launched June 2026 at the ICM Triennial Congress in Lisbon.