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Table 13. <strong>Care</strong> of the <strong>Newborn</strong> during the 4-6 Weeks after Birth<br />
(Use with the learning checklist on the postnatal visit)<br />
Action At birth Before<br />
mother <strong>and</strong><br />
baby leave<br />
the delivery<br />
room<br />
Provide care/<br />
counseling<br />
Observe/look for<br />
Provide<br />
counseling<br />
Give specific<br />
care<br />
Brief examination, look for<br />
danger signs<br />
Targeted counseling,<br />
i.e., breastfeeding, protection<br />
against hypothermia, danger<br />
signs.<br />
Eye care<br />
Cord care<br />
Vitamin K<br />
Identification b<strong>and</strong><br />
Breastfeeding<br />
At least once a<br />
day during stay<br />
in postnatal<br />
ward<br />
From birth to six weeks<br />
At discharge<br />
Essential <strong>Newborn</strong> <strong>Care</strong><br />
Full basic systematic examination<br />
Full counseling<br />
First<br />
postnatal<br />
visit<br />
Second<br />
postnatal<br />
visit<br />
BCG, OPV, <strong>and</strong> hepatitis B any time in the postpartum period<br />
according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health.<br />
<strong>Care</strong> of the baby of the HIV positive mother including ARV.<br />
Third<br />
postnatal visit<br />
at 4-6 weeks<br />
DPT,<br />
oral polio, <strong>and</strong><br />
BCG if not<br />
administered<br />
earlier <strong>and</strong><br />
cotrimoxazole<br />
for babies of<br />
HIV positive<br />
mothers<br />
Weigh weight weight Weight weight weight weight weight<br />
Document<br />
information in<br />
mother/baby<br />
card registers<br />
X X X X X<br />
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<strong>Integrated</strong> maternal <strong>and</strong> newborn care<br />
<strong>Basic</strong> skills course
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