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Postnatal Care: A Critical Opportunity to Save Mothers and Newborns

Author: Erin Sines, Uzma Syed, Steve Wall, and Heidi Worley 
InfoShare Partner: Population Reference Bureau
Publication Date: January 2007
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Child health/survival, Maternal health/survival
Region: Global
Language: English
Number of Pages: 8
File Size: 156 KB
File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

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Given the exceptional extent to which the deaths of mothers and babies occur in the first days after birth, the early postnatal period is the ideal time to deliver interventions to improve the health and survival of both the newborn and the mother. Integrated maternal and newborn postnatal care (PNC) during the first few days after delivery should be provided to all newborns and their mothers as a concerted strategy to improve survival of both.