Strengthening implementation of home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health: a guide for country programme managers\u2019<\/a> was developed by the WHO, UNICEF and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)\u00a0 in response to the implementation needs. It targets programme managers within ministries of health, as well as key implementation partners involved in making decisions and taking actions to strengthen the implementation and use of home-based records for improved maternal, newborn and child health outcomes.<\/p>\nJoin WHO, UNICEF and JICA on April 20 2023 for the official launch of the implementation guide to learn how to establish milestones to track progress against eight factors for successful implementation of home-based records and hear about country implementation experiences.<\/p>\n
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17:59:41","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>While the term \u201cessential newborn care\u201d can be used in a variety of ways, the Healthy Newborn Network uses the term to refer to key routine practices in the care of the newborn, particularly at the time of birth and over the first hours of life, whether in the health facility or at home.<\/h2>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">800<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text 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(2014-2020)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][vc_column_text]Essential newborn care includes:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding<\/li>\r\n \t<li>thermal care (including prompt drying and covering at birth, maximizing skin-to-skin contact, delayed bathing, maintaining \u201cwarm chain\u201d)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>hygiene practices (including cord-care and caregiver handwashing)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere is good evidence that adherence to these recommended practices substantially reduces mortality risk, especially for very small newborns. Health service contacts (notably associated with antenatal care and the hospital admission for childbirth) are important opportunities to influence these practices. In some settings, community health workers (CHWs) can serve as important channels to influence adoption of these practices among pregnant women.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/tools\/essential-newborn-care-training-course\">Essential Newborn Care Course (WHO)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 interim version of the second edition (2022)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/aap-global\/helping-babies-survive\/enc-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENC Now! 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(2022)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/no-harm-technical-briefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Preemie\u2014SCALE: Do No Harm Technical Briefs<\/a> (2019)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/nutrition\/topics\/bfhi\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (WHO) <\/a>(2018)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Essential newborn care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"essential-newborn-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-02 17:44:19","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-02 21:44:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=408","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":134,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:20:44","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:20:44","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>The first hours and days after birth are the riskiest for both mothers and newborns.<\/h2>\r\nThere are important interventions and practices during this period that can reduce these risks. There are also\u00a0opportunities at multiple points in time to help ensure high coverage for these interventions and practices. For example, contacts during pregnancy can be used for counseling and health education on newborn care and care-seeking for danger signs in the postnatal period. This support may be especially important in settings where births still take place at home.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">75<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456333677270{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of newborn deaths that occur in the first week of life<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">48<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456333713404{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of hours after birth when a newborn is at highest risk of death<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][vc_column_text]Postnatal care can also include assessment and counseling provided to the mother before discharge after giving birth in a health facility, as well as later contacts during home visits by community health workers or postnatal visits to a health facility. Broadly, the major elements of postnatal care include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>counseling and health education on recognition of danger signs and appropriate care-seeking (for both mother and newborn)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>counseling and health education on routine care practices such as exclusive breastfeeding and good thermal care practices<\/li>\r\n \t<li>dispensing and related counseling for routine preventive interventions (such as chlorhexidine for cord-stump care and postnatal iron supplementation)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>assessment and case-management and referral for any identified complications or risk conditions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIt is through the same contacts that we have opportunities to improve outcomes for both mother and newborn, so programs and services\u00a0should focus on needed care for both. This more integrated perspective is reflected in the most recent guidance from\u00a0the World Health Organization\u00a0(see Resources below).\r\n\r\nHome visitation by community health workers has been promoted as a postnatal care strategy based on promising pilots in South Asia that demonstrated potential for reducing newborn deaths. However, it has proven difficult to achieve comparable benefits under more routine conditions at scale.\r\n\r\nWith the marked increases in institutional deliveries seen in many settings in recent years, there is increasing attention being given to taking better advantage of the time before discharge to ensure delivery of key aspects of postnatal care. Challenges to taking optimal advantage of this contact include the very high volume of births in some centers and the common practice of early discharge.\r\n\r\nFollow-up visits to the health facility for postnatal care can provide an important opportunity to ensure assessment, care, and provision of important counseling. Suitable timing and content of such care will depend on the overall configuration of postnatal care services specific to the setting.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/who-recommendations-on-maternal-and-newborn-care-for-a-positive-postnatal-experience\/\">WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience (2022)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Postnatal care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"postnatal-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-17 18:49:11","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-17 22:49:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=134","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":26286,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2017-05-30 15:31:59","post_date_gmt":"2017-05-30 19:31:59","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<b>While the rate of skilled care during childbirth has increased from 58% in 1990 to 83% in 2020, mostly due to increases in facility-based births, giving birth in a health facility does not equate with a safe birth. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 295,000 mothers and 2.4 million newborn infants die annually around the time of childbirth, and many more are affected by preventable illness. A further 2 million babies are stillborn each year*.<\/b>\r\n\r\nImproving quality of care \u2013 to a point where health care is safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable and people-centred - and patient safety is therefore critical if we want to accelerate reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and meet the Sustainable Development Goals.\r\n<h6>* Unless otherwise stated, all data on this page represents the most recent data available. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a> page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">9<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1496171418017{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the number of countries currently leading the Quality of Care Network<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">4.7<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1496328636033{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">women and babies die due to complications in pregnancy, childbirth and in the first month of life<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">50<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666119533563{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percent reduction of maternal and newborn mortality and intrapartum stillbirths in facilities - the network's target<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/gho-documents\/world-health-statistic-reports\/world-heatlth-statistics-2016.pdf\">WHO<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"What can be done?\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]In response to this imperative, nine countries - Bangladesh, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda<span style=\"color: #000000;\">[1]-<\/span> are leading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualityofcarenetwork.org\">the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health<\/a> (Quality of Care Network), launched in February 2017, to ensure that every pregnant woman and newborn receives good quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. It addresses quality of care both in the way it is delivered by health workers, and experienced by patients, with the ambitious goal to halve maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths in health facilities within five years in the participating countries and to improve the experience of care.\r\n\r\nThe Quality of Care Network is supported by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and UNFPA, and a growing partnership of development organisations, NGOs, professional associations and universities.\r\n\r\nThe Quality of Care Network is underpinned by the values of quality, equity and dignity and contributes to achieving the targets of the <a href=\"http:\/\/globalstrategy.everywomaneverychild.org\/\">Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s and Adolescents\u2019 Health<\/a>.\r\n<h6><em>[1] More countries will join the Quality of Care Network from 2020.<\/em><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]The Quality of Care Network will support implementation of national plans for quality improvement and pursues four strategic objectives:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Focus on national leadership by strengthening national and district governance quality of care structures, and helping develop national plans and advocacy strategies for improving quality of care.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Accelerate action by adapting and adopting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241511216?msclkid=e16d714bcfd211ecb28cda53ed99d029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO\u2019s eight Standards<\/a> for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities at country level, creating national packages of quality improvement interventions and develop, strengthen and sustain clinical and managerial capabilities to support quality of care improvement.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Foster learning and generate evidence on quality of care through a Learning Platform - a community of health practitioners from around the world co-developing and sharing knowledge, country data and research to inform maternal and newborn quality of care improvement work in countries.\u00a0 The Learning Platform\u2019s outcomes will feed into the WHO-led Global Learning Laboratory for Quality Universal Health Coverage.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Develop and support institutions and mechanisms for accountability for quality of care by designing a national accountability framework, and monitoring the progress of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241511216?msclkid=e16d714bcfd211ecb28cda53ed99d029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO Standards of Care to Improve Maternal and Newborn Quality of Care in Facilities<\/a> (2016)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityofcarenetwork.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (about)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityofcarenetwork.org\/knowledge-library\/statement-first-meeting-network-improving-quality-care-maternal-newborn-and-child?msclkid=8ac73687cfd311ec973fed59c35a5627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communique - Statement of the first meeting of the Network to Improve Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health<\/a> (2017)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"network-improving-quality-care-maternal-newborn-child-health","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-18 15:01:57","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-18 19:01:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=26286","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"partners":[{"ID":21084,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2017-10-02 14:54:45","post_date_gmt":"2017-10-02 18:54:45","post_content":"Our goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. 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