Postpartum & Newborn Care

This section has a series of curated resources designed to support teachers and students, to help them provide normal and complicated postpartum care.


NORMAL

Breastfeeding

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17

new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7

NM new modules: 7, 17, 9

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative >>>
UNICEF

Breastfeeding Policy Brief: Global Nutrition Targets 2025 >>>

Implementation Guidance: Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised baby-friendly hospital initiative >>>
NCBI Bookshelf. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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Breastfeeding Positions

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old module: 5, 15, 7
NM new module: 7, 17, 9

Positions for Breastfeeding (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Positions for Breastfeeding (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

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Breastfeeding (Cup Feeding)

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old module: 5, 15, 7
NM new module: 7, 17, 9

Cup Feeding (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Cup Feeding (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

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Breastfeeding (Latch)

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7
NM new modules: 7, 17, 9

Breastfeeding Attachment (VIDEO) >>>
SOMALI

Attaching Your Baby at the Breast (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Breastfeeding Attachment (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

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Breastfeeding (Supply)

old module: 6, 14, 16, 17
new module: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old module: 5, 15, 7
NM new module: 7, 17, 9

Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk? (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk? (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

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Care Immediately After Birth

old modules: 15, 17
new module: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9

Immediate Care After Birth (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Immediate Care After Birth (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

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Circumcision

old modules: 15, 17
new modules: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9

Neonatal and child male circumcision: a global review >>>
NCBI Bookshelf. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

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Discharge Planning

old modules: 16
new modules: 20

NM old module: 15
NM new module: 17

WHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee >>>
Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.

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Helping Babies Survive

old modules: 17, 20
new modules: 21, 28

NM old modules: 7, 17
NM new modules: 9, 19

Essential Care for Every Baby >>>
Helping Babies Survive Program.

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Kangaroo Care

old module: 20
new module: 28

NM old module: 17
NM new module: 19

Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight >>>
WHO Immediate KMC Study Group. The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Newborn

old modules: none
new module: 21

NM old modules: 7
NM new modules: 9

How to care for a newborn baby: the first hours after a baby is born (VIDEO) >>>
SOMALI

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Postnatal Care Guidelines

old modules: 16, 17
new modules: 20, 21

NM old modules: 15, 7
NM new modules: 17, 9

WHO recommendations on postnatal care of the mother and newborn >>>
NCBI Bookshelf. Geneva, Switzerland: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization; 2013.

WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience >>>
ENGLISH, 2022

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Postpartum Care Guidelines

old modules: 15, 17
new module: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A guide for essential practice >>>
NCBI Bookshelf. 3rd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

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Umbilical Cord Care

old modules: 17
new modules: 21

NM old modules: 7
NM new modules: 9

Care of the Cord (VIDEO) >>>
ARABIC

Care of the Cord (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

Chlorhexidine for Newborn Cord Care (VIDEO) >>>
ENGLISH

COMPLICATED >>>