Postpartum care of the mother and newborn : a practical guide : report of a technical working group
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Authors
WHO. Maternal and Newborn Health/Safe Motherhood Unit
Issue Date
1998
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Publications
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Keywords
Postnatal Care; Infant, Newborn; Maternal Health; Handbook;Maternal and Child Health
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This document reports the outcomes of a technical consultation on the full range of issues
relevant to the postpartum period for the mother and the newborn. The report takes a
comprehensive view of maternal and newborn needs at a time which is decisive for the life
and health both of the mother and her newborn. Taking women’s own perceptions of their
own needs during this period as its point of departure, the text examines the major maternal
and neonatal health challenges, nutrition and breastfeeding, birth spacing, immunization and
HIV/AIDS before concluding with a discussion of the crucial elements of care and service
provision in the postpartum. The text ends with a series of recommendations for this critical
but under-researched and under-served period of the life of the woman and her newborn,
together with a classification of common practices in the postpartum into four categories:
those which are useful, those which are harmful, those for which insufficient evidence exists
and those which are frequently used inappropriately.
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WHO