Guideline
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: executive summary
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Newborn examination
- Nursing
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Transitional care
Summary
This executive summary presents WHO's updated recommendations on routine postnatal care for women and newborns during the first six weeks after birth, applicable to facility- and community-based care in all resource settings. It consolidates 63 recommendations covering maternal care, newborn care, and health systems and health promotion interventions, updating the 2014 WHO postnatal care guidance. Themes include clinical assessment, preventive and nutritional interventions, breastfeeding, mental health, early childhood development, postnatal contacts, discharge planning, home visits and continuity of care. It emphasises respectful, person-centred care adapted to local contexts, developed using GRADE and CERQual methods.
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