Postnatal care for newborns - percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery

Postnatal care for newborns - percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery

Numerator Definition

Number of recent live births in the last 2 years who received a health check while in facility or at home following delivery, or a postnatal care visit within 2 days after delivery

Denominator Definition

Total number of last live births in the last 2 or 5 years

Population used for aggregation

Number of total births

Notes

Includes newborns who received a checkup from a doctor, midwife, nurse, feldsher, or traditional birth attendant.

Is Emergency Indicator: No
Is SOWC: Yes
SDG Indicator: N/A
Strategic Plan Indicator: 1.3.b
IsCountdown2030: Yes
Is SDG Progress indicator: No
Is UNICEF reporting custodian: No
IsCovid: No
Custodian: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitoring, UNICEF