This guide provides a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for maternal and newborn care, covering pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and post-abortion periods. Designed for skilled health care providers at the primary care level—both in facilities and in the community—it emphasizes high-quality, safe care for all women and newborns. The guide supports clinical decision-making by outlining essential observations, examinations, and research-based interventions to promote early detection and management of complications, timely referral, and improved maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Key Features:
- Evidence-based norms and standards for antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care
- Applicable to all women and newborns, including emergency situations
- Focus on skilled attendants working in primary health care settings
- Guides clinical decision-making with suggested key questions, assessments, and interventions
- Promotes early detection and appropriate management of maternal and neonatal complications
- Encourages timely referral to higher-level care when necessary
- Aims to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing regions
- Supports safe and effective pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal care
