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However, there are many opportunities during pregnancy to reduce these risks.<\/h2>\n<p>While traditional antenatal care (ANC) is understood mainly to focus on obstetrical issues, contacts with pregnant women also provide important opportunities to deliver other preventive clinical interventions as well as counseling and health education on birth preparedness, danger signs and appropriate response, key practices at household level during and after pregnancy, and family planning.[\/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]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">88<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690993922335{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of women age 15-49 who received at lease one ANC visit during pregnancy globally (2016-2021)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/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]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">65<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690993939923{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of women age 15-49 who received four or more ANC visits during pregnancy globally (2016-2021)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Opportunities for ANC\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The prioritization of specific ANC interventions should vary by setting. For example, in areas of high malaria risk, intermittent presumptive treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets are very important. How we reach pregnant women with services and messages must also vary by setting. There are certainly advantages to having fully-qualified health professionals like nurses or nurse-midwives provide services; however many aspects of the needed services could be provided by cadres of health auxiliaries with less training. In some settings, greater reach is achieved by providing services on an outreach basis. Over the past 15 years, the standard model for ANC has been \u201cfocused ANC,\u201d a four-visit schedule. In 2016 the World Health Organization reviewed this model and issued new recommendations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/news-item\/updated-who-recommendations-for-malaria-chemoprevention-among-children-and-pregnant-women-who\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Updated WHO recommendations for malaria chemoprevention among children and pregnant women<\/a> (2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/ending-preventable-maternal-mortality-epmm-a-renewed-focus-for-improving-maternal-and-newborn-health-and-wellbeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM): A Renewed Focus for Improving Maternal and Newborn Health and Wellbeing<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/recommendations-antenatal-care-positive-pregnancy-experience\/\">WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience<\/a> (2016) + Executive Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Antenatal care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"antenatal-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 12:32:20","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 16:32:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=114","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":128,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:19:45","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:19:45","post_content":"<p>[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]Transforming care for the 30 million newborns who require medical care, and who are currently being left behind, is a smart investment in the health and development of future generations. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is one of the leading proven interventions that can radically improve inpatient care for small and sick newborns, leading to shorter hospitalizations and improved health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>KMC refers to the practice of providing early, continuous, prolonged skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, exclusive breastmilk feeding, and follow-up care with high-risk newborns. It has shown to decrease mortality and morbidity in preterm and low birthweight infants by providing protection from infection; regulating temperature, breathing, and brain activity; and encouraging mother-baby bonding. In many cases, newborns who receive KMC are able to be discharged early from the hospital and KMC can be continued at home. When delivered as a complete package, it is highly effective at reducing newborn mortality \u2013 up to 40% according to recent data.[\/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]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">14.7<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690899267181{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of infants with low birthweight globally (2020)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/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]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">27<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666024070330{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of infants who were not weighed at birth globally (2014-2020)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/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\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">40<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1466618727036{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percentage reduction in mortality of low birthweight infants (&lt;2000g) who receive KMC compared to conventional neonatal care*<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1545998791435{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD002771.pub4\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">*\u00a0Conde\u2010Agudelo and Diaz\u2010Rossello. 2016<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452735746534{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>KMC implementation<\/h4>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-1622 size-full alignnone\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/small-kmcimplementation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.who.int\/media\/docs\/default-source\/mca-documents\/nbh\/standards-for-improving-the-quality-of-care-for-small-and-sick-newborns-in-health-facilities-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=f2da583c_1\">recommends KMC<\/a> for the routine care of newborns weighing 2000 grams or less at birth, regardless of availability of incubator care. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2026486\">Recent studies<\/a> are showing a significant decrease (25%) in morbidity and mortality for newborns who begin KMC immediately after birth, especially in newborns weighing between 1 kg and 1.79 kg. KMC can and should be started as soon as possible following birth, and can occur while stabilizing care is provided to the mother and newborn (eg, newborn receiving continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for respiratory distress). Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/effect-of-community-initiated-kangaroo-mother-care-on-postpartum-depressive-symptoms-and-stress-among-mothers-of-low-birth-weight-infants-a-randomized-clinical-trial\/\">recent studies<\/a> have shown that KMC can be effectively implemented at home for newborns who are born outside of a facility, although all small newborns should receive post-natal care and follow-up with health care providers.<\/p>\n<p>There is a global push advocating for skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn for one hour immediately following birth for all newborns, regardless of size at birth. While skin-to-skin contact is a key component of KMC, skin-to-skin alone is not sufficient for small newborns. All small newborns should receive complete KMC care, depending on facility and national protocols.<\/p>\n<p>KMC is considered a part of family-centered, respectful newborn and maternal care. It can be implemented during the full continuum of care, and is especially effective transitioning from the facility to the household. Providers should be trained to educate mothers and fathers in home-based continued KMC, and encourage its use at the home following discharge. Additionally, early and immediate KMC can also support positive early development, beyond the physical health benefits and morbidity prevention.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Accelerating KMC uptake<\/h4>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-1621 size-full alignnone\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/small-acceleratingthisintervention.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the many benefits of KMC, country-level adoption and implementation have been limited, and only a small proportion of newborns who could benefit from KMC receive it. Barriers to KMC implementation at the facility level include inadequate facilities and supplies for KMC, insufficient staffing in facilities, lack of training and prioritization of KMC by facility staff, and inadequate policy and professional commitment to KMC. At the family and community level, barriers include cultural norms that make practice of skin-to-skin care difficult, lack of family and financial support for mothers to practice KMC, limited understanding of KMC, and stressors related to extended hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic was and continues to be a barrier for implementation of KMC in most settings. Infection prevention measures during the pandemic led to more newborns being separated from their mothers immediately following birth, even low birthweight and preterm newborns who would benefit from KMC. It is critical that infection prevention policies and government agencies do not recommend separation of mother and newborn, so that all vulnerable newborns receive KMC, even during COVID-19 outbreaks and infections.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_cta h2=\"Small and Sick Newborn Community of Practice\" txt_align=\"center\" color=\"sandy-brown\"]KMC features prominently as one of the core elements of care for the small or sick newborn.\u00a0 A new community of practice, the Small and Sick Newborn CoP (SSNB CoP) is an interactive platform that enables practitioners and experts to exchange ideas, share lessons learned, disseminate and discuss implementation research results and evidence regarding KMC and the other essential interventions comprising quality care of small for sick newborns.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ibpnetwork.org\/topics\/14356\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to register for SSNC CoP and access webinars, networking, resources, events and much more.[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<strong>Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/global-position-paper-on-kangaroo-mother-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Position Paper on Kangaroo Mother Care: A transformative innovation in healthcare (2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/kangaroo-mother-care-implementation-strategy-for-scale-up-adaptable-to-different-country-contexts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kangaroo Mother Care: Implementation strategy for scale-up adaptable to different country contexts (2023)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/who-recommendations-for-care-of-the-preterm-or-low-birth-weight-infant\/\">WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant (2022)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.who.int\/media\/docs\/default-source\/mca-documents\/nbh\/standards-for-improving-the-quality-of-care-for-small-and-sick-newborns-in-health-facilities-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=f2da583c_1\">Standards for improving the quality of care for small and sick newborns in health facilities (2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/survive-and-thrive-transforming-care-for-every-small-and-sick-newborn\/\">Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn (2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/joint-statement-international-recommendations-interventions-improve-preterm-birth-outcomes\/\">Joint Statement: International WHO Recommendations on Interventions to Improve Preterm Birth Outcomes (2017)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/kmcjointstatement\/\">Kangaroo Mother Care Joint Statement (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/kangaroo-mother-care-challenge-brief\/\">Kangaroo Mother Care challenge brief (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/kangaroo-mother-care-implementation-guide\/\">Kangaroo Mother Care Implementation Guide (2012)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/effect-on-neonatal-sepsis-following-immediate-kangaroo-mother-care-in-a-newborn-intensive-care-unit\/\">Effect on neonatal sepsis following immediate kangaroo mother care in a newborn intensive care unit: a post-hoc analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial (2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12884-021-03646-3\">Barriers and facilitators of facility-based kangaroo mother care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review (2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2026486\">Immediate \u201cKangaroo Mother Care\u201d and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight (2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(19)32223-8\/fulltext\">Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on survival of infants with low birthweight: a randomised controlled trial (2019)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4750435\/\">Kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of barriers and enablers (2015)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Country Specific Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/scaling-up-kangaroo-mother-care-in-ethiopia-and-india-a-multi-site-implementation-research-study\/\">Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study (2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/mother-newborn-care-unit-mncu-experience-in-india-a-paradigm-shift-in-care-of-small-and-sick-newborns\/\">Mother\u2011Newborn Care Unit (MNCU) Experience in India: A Paradigm Shift in Care of Small and Sick Newborns (2022)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"20053\" img_size=\"medium\" onclick=\"custom_link\" link=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/kangaroo-mother-care-toolkit\/\"][vc_btn title=\"Kangaroo mother care toolkit\" color=\"1\" link=\"url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthynewbornnetwork.org%2Fkangaroo-mother-care-toolkit%2F|||\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Kangaroo Mother Care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"kangaroo-mother-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-01 10:14:43","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-01 14:14:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=128","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&#038;p=134","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":135,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:20:52","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:20:52","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>Many countries, even those that have achieved improvements in the last 15 years, still experience high rates of maternal and newborn deaths due to poor quality services.<\/h2>\r\nPoor quality can affect the demand for care from communities. Accelerating reduction of preventable deaths and poor outcomes depends on service quality improvements, including addressing health system challenges such as infrastructure, supplies, skilled and appropriately deployed health providers, and management. Quality improvement systems that address both the content and standards as well as the process and experience of care should be an important area of investment during the period of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_single_image image=\"13784\"][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=\"16px\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Quality improvement","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"quality-improvement","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2016-02-25 15:58:05","post_modified_gmt":"2016-02-25 20:58:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":116,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:17:32","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:17:32","post_content":"<p>[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]<\/p>\n<h2>Intrapartum-related complications are responsible for approximately one-quarter of newborn deaths and half of stillbirths.<\/h2>\n<p>When complications arise during childbirth and are not recognized or properly dealt with on a timely basis, the baby may emerge stillborn or be born alive but severely stressed and may not spontaneously begin to breathe. Unless stimulation and efforts to resuscitate are begun immediately, many of these babies quickly die of birth asphyxia.[\/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-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">570<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456246957513{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimated number of annual newborn deaths attributable to childbirth complications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">1.3<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690478685637{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimated number of intrapartum stillbirths (2015)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/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\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">80<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690476768268{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of women who give birth in a health facility globally from 2015 - 2021<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-green\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">10<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456247366820{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estimated number of newborns that do not breathe at birth<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/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?\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Most outcomes associated with complications of childbirth are preventable. The proportion of term deliveries that end in death during or shortly after labor is a sensitive and responsive measure of the quality of labor and delivery care. It is important in and of itself, but it also reflects readiness for managing other important complications for the mother or newborn.<\/p>\n<p>Pregnant women need a good assessment late in pregnancy to anticipate problems and ensure they receive any needed special care.Teaching expectant mothers about the importance of seeking healthcare can also prevent adverse birth outcomes. Giving birth in a center where assisted delivery or caesarian section can be provided quickly can also save a baby\u2019s life. Good monitoring of the mother and fetus throughout labor ensures that prompt action can be take to prevent conditions from evolving to a life-threatening state.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Ending dangerous practices, like augmenting labor with oxytocin under unsafe conditions or applying pressure on the mother\u2019s belly during labor, can prevent fetal deaths.<\/p>\n<p>And for those cases in which the baby emerges in a very stressed state and is unable to start breathing, competent action taken within the \u201cgolden minute\u201d can keep the baby alive until breathing begins. Finally, suitable equipment needs to be kept at the ready for all births, and provisions in place to ensure that health workers attending births are regularly practicing to maintain their resuscitation skills.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/tools\/essential-newborn-care-training-course\">Essential Newborn Care Course (WHO)<\/a> - interim version of the second edition (2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/aap-global\/helping-babies-survive\/enc-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENC Now! (American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Laerdal Global Health)<\/a> \u2013 a digital version of the new WHO Essential Newborn Care 1 Basic Course (ENC) (formerly Helping Babies Breathe).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.laerdalglobalhealth.com\/product\/neonatalie-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neonathalie Live<\/a> \u2013 Newborn Ventilation Trainer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/MCPC-2nd-ed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO guidelines Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: A guide for midwives and doctors <\/a>(2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/every-newborn-action-plan\/\">Every Newborn Action Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452735746534{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Helping Babies Survive<\/h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/small-helpingbabiesbreathe.jpg\" alt=\"small-helpingbabiesbreathe\" width=\"570\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/aap-global\/helping-babies-survive\/\">Helping Babies Survive<\/a> is a package of evidence-based training programs designed to teach the necessary skills to reduce neonatal mortality in resource-limited environments. The first program Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) was developed in 2010 by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in keeping with WHO recommendations. Studies have shown that it can reduce neonatal mortality by up to 47%; saving thousands of asphyxiated newborns. The success of HBB led to a global request for additional programs (such as Essential Care for Every Baby, Essential Care for Small Babies, and Improving Care of Mothers and Babies) addressing other leading causes of newborn death by equipping providers with the necessary skills and competencies to deliver high quality care to newborns during and after birth.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The partnership is not only providing competency-based, hands-on training to service providers but working with ministries of health and their partners to provide functional resuscitation equipment for all health facilities where babies are born.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Essential Newborn Care Course<\/h4>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-1614 size-full alignnone\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/small-essentialnewborncare2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Please note this section will be updated in 2022. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/tools\/essential-newborn-care-training-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interim version of the second edition of the Essential Newborn Care Course (ENCC)<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Essential Newborn Care Course (ENCC) is a WHO training program that works to ensure that health workers have the skills and knowledge to provide appropriate care at the most vulnerable period in a baby's life. Health workers are taught how to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241549356?msclkid=05ffb757d06d11ec8a219bb5009124b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO's Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A Guide for Essential Practice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In particular, the course focuses on the sections concerned with newborn care, which provide up-to-date evidence-based information and management of babies with a range of needs in the initial newborn period. 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Desde el a\u00f1o 2005, el grupo ha promovido pol\u00edticas e intervenciones program\u00e1ticas basadas en la evidencia a nivel de los servicios de salud y la comunidad, facilitando el intercambio de experiencias exitosas de sur a sur y la cooperaci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica entre pa\u00edses y organizaciones. Vea nuestros recursos en espa\u00f1ol.\r\n\r\nThe Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Neonatal Alliance is an interagency group which promotes newborn health within the reproductive, maternal and child health continuum. Since 2005, the group has promoted evidence-based policy and programmatic interventions at the facility and community levels, supporting countries in the LAC region in their efforts to reduce newborn mortality and morbidity.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\">Miembros de la Alianza Neonatal para ALC \/ Members of the LAC Neonatal Alliance:<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional \/ U.S. Agency for International Development (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">USAID<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Colombiana de Neonatologia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ascon.org.co\/\">ASCON<\/a>) \/ Colombian Neonatalogy Association<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Latinoamericana de Pediatr\u00eda (<a href=\"http:\/\/alape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ALAPE<\/a>) \/ Latin American Pediatrics Association<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.childfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ChildFund Americas<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Confederaci\u00f3n Internacional de Obstetrices \/ International Confederation of Midwives \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalmidwives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICM<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0CORE Group<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Federaci\u00f3n Panamericana de Profesionales de Enfermer\u00eda (<a href=\"http:\/\/instituciones.sld.cu\/feppen\/\">FEPPEN<\/a>) \/ Pan American \u00a0Federation of Nursing Professionals<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Federaci\u00f3n Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Ginecolog\u00eda y Obstetricia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flasog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FLASOG<\/a>) \/ \u00a0Latin American Federation of Societies of Gynecology and Obstetrics<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para Poblaci\u00f3n \/ United Nations Population Fund \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/\">UNFPA<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacioncanguro.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fundaci\u00f3n Canguro<\/a>\/ Kangaroo Foundation<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sm2015.org\/es\/salud-mesoamerica-2015\/salud-mesoamerica-2015-inicio,1904.html\" target=\"_blank\">Iniciativa Salud Mesom\u00e9rica 2015<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los \u00daltimos D\u00edas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldscharities.org\/\">LDS Charities<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Organizaci\u00f3n Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) \/ Pan American Health Organization \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paho.org\/hq\/index.php?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">PAHO<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Rep\u00fablica de Colombia Ministerio de Salud y Protecci\u00f3n Social (MiniSalud); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minsalud.gov.co\/Paginas\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Prosperidad \u00a0para todos<\/a> \/ Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/plan-international.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Plan International<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Programa Canguro de la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana \/ Dominican Kangaroo Program<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Programa de Supervivencia Materno-Infantil \/ Maternal and Child Survival Program (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsprogram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MCSP<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Proyecto de USAID de Applicando Ciencia para Fortalezer y Mejorar los Sistemas de \u00a0 \u00a0Salud\/ USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaidassist.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASSIST<\/a>) Project<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/site\/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E\/b.6115947\/k.8D6E\/Official_Site.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Save the Children<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\">UNICEF<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visi\u00f3n Mundial<\/a> \/ World Vision<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>What we do<\/h2>\r\nAunque existen estrategias sencillas y eficaces para abordar las causas espec\u00edficas de las muertes neonatales, las pol\u00edticas y los programas aplicados en Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe todav\u00eda no logran proporcionar las intervenciones que han probado salvar las vidas de los reci\u00e9n nacidos.\r\n\r\nCon objeto de abordar esta brecha, se cre\u00f3 en 2005 la Alianza de salud neonatal para Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe como un grupo interinstitucional cuyo objeto es promover la salud del reci\u00e9n nacido en el contexto del proceso continuo de la salud reproductiva y materno-infantil mediante iniciativas interinstitucionales y el apoyo a pol\u00edticas y programas basados en la evidencia con \u00e9nfasis en las poblaciones m\u00e1s vulnerables.\r\n\r\nUna de las principales metas de la Alianza de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe es la de catalizar y fortalecer las actividades e intervenciones de alcance intersectorial a escalas local, nacional y regional, dirigi\u00e9ndolas espec\u00edficamente al per\u00edodo del reci\u00e9n nacido, aspecto que tiende a ser menos visible en el contexto del proceso continuo de la salud materno-infantil. Gracias al efecto multiplicador sobre sus respectivos recursos t\u00e9cnicos, financieros y humanos, los miembros de la Alianza pueden avanzar en la gesti\u00f3n de los temas relacionados con los reci\u00e9n nacidos en Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe, mediante las siguientes actividades: la promoci\u00f3n del intercambio de informaci\u00f3n y experiencias a escalas local, nacional y regional; el apoyo a la divulgaci\u00f3n de intervenciones costo-efectivas y basadas en evidencia; la prestaci\u00f3n de apoyo t\u00e9cnico a nivel regional; y la abogac\u00eda en favor de los reci\u00e9n nacidos y sus madres mediante la participaci\u00f3n activa en las reuniones y los foros regionales e internacionales.\r\n\r\n<em>While simple but effective strategies exist to address the specific causes of newborn death, policies and programs in the LAC region still fail to provide proven interventions to save newborn lives. To address this gap, the Latin America and Caribbean Newborn Health Alliance was created as an interagency group to promote newborn health within a Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health continuum. The group promotes evidence-based policies and programmatic interventions at the facility and community levels. The Alliance was formed in 2005 as a partnership between international agencies and programs working to reduce newborn mortality in the LAC region, including experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Childhood Fund (UNICEF), the CORE Group, Save the Children\/Saving Newborn Lives (SNL), the USAID-funded ACCESS (Access to Clinical and Community Maternal, Neonatal, and Women's Health Services), BASICS (Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival), Plan USA, MCHIP (Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program) and the USAID Health Care Improvement projects and other interested partners.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>The LAC Alliance supports countries in their efforts to reduce newborn morbidity and mortality in the LAC region by promoting the sharing of information and experiences at the local, national and regional levels; supporting the dissemination of cost-effective, evidence-based interventions; providing technical support for the region; and advocating for the newborn and the mother by actively participating in regional and international meetings and forums.<\/em>","post_title":"Alianza de salud neonatal para Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe\/Latin America and Caribbean Newborn Health Alliance","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"alianza-de-salud-neonatal-para-america-latina-y-el-caribelatin-america-and-caribbean-newborn-health-alliance","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2016-01-20 20:58:14","post_modified_gmt":"2016-01-20 20:58:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=436","menu_order":0,"post_type":"partner","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/11887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/11887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"toolkit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/toolkit?post=11887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}