The Federal Government has launched three new policy documents to tackle health of newborns. They are Nigeria Every Newborn Action Plan, Essential Newborn Care Course (ENCC) training package and National Chlorhexidine Scale Up Strategy document. The action plan is to serve as a roadmap that focuses on packages of interventions that address care during labour, birth and the first week of life as well as care for small and sick newborn babies.
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Partners
U.S. Agency for International Development, Save the Children, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Issues
- Chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care
- Complications during childbirth
- Antenatal care
- Antenatal corticosteroids
- Childbirth care
- Essential newborn care
- Every Newborn
- Human resources for health
- Kangaroo Mother Care
- Monitoring & evaluation
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Breastfeeding and feeding of small and sick newborns
- Postnatal care
- Preterm birth complications
- Quality improvement
- Scale-up
- Severe infections
- Stillbirths
- Treatment of possible severe bacterial infection (PSBI)
- Umbilical cord care
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