
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