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Algeria | |
Angola | |
Benin | |
Botswana | |
Burkina Faso | |
Burundi | |
Cameroon | |
Cape Verde | |
Central African Republic | |
Chad | |
Comoros | |
Congo | |
Côte d’Ivoire | |
Djibouti | |
DRC | |
Egypt | |
Equatorial Guinea | |
Eritrea | |
Eswatini | |
Ethiopia | |
Gabon | |
Gambia | |
Ghana | |
Guinea | |
Guinea-Bissau | |
Kenya | |
Lesotho | |
Liberia | |
Libya | |
Madagascar | |
Malawi | |
Mali | |
Mauritania | |
Mauritius | |
Morocco | |
Mozambique | |
Namibia | |
Niger | |
Nigeria | |
Rwanda | |
SADR | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Senegal | |
Seychelles | |
Sierra Leone | |
Somalia | |
South Africa | |
South Sudan | |
Sudan | |
Tanzania | |
Togo | |
Tunisia | |
Uganda | |
Zambia | |
Zimbabwe |
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | |
Life expectancy at birth | |
Maternal mortality ratio | |
Stillbirth rate | |
Neonatal mortality rate | |
Infant mortality rate | |
Under 5 mortality rate | |
Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits | |
Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits | |
Births attended by skilled health personnel | |
Postpartum care coverage for mothers | |
Postnatal care coverage for newborns | |
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months | |
Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination | |
Stunting - short height for age under age 5 | |
Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 | |
Overweight - heavy for height under 5 | |
Sexual and Reproductive Health | |
Child marriage before age 15 | |
Child marriage before age 18 | |
Female genital mutilation | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - female | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - male | |
Very early child bearing under age 16 | |
Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 | |
Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women | |
Demand satisfied for modern contraception | |
Communicable Diseases | |
New HIV infections | |
Antiretroviral treatment coverage | |
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV | |
Condom use | |
New TB infections | |
New malaria infections | |
Non-Communicable Diseases | |
Mortality from non-communicable diseases | |
Suicide mortality rate | |
Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over | |
Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over | |
Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over | |
Health Financing | |
External health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % GDP | |
Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure | |
Government health expenditure per capita | |
Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure | |
Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health | |
Health systems and policies | |
Density of health workers - physicians | |
Density of health workers - nurses and midwives | |
Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff | |
Qualified obstetricians | |
Birth registration | |
At least basic drinking water | |
At least basic sanitation services | |
Open defecation | |
Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
Full Name: | Percentage of newborns receiving a health check within two days after delivery |
Full Unit: | Percentage, % |
Year-range of Data: | 2009 - 2017 |
Source: | UNICEF |
Link to Source: | https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/newborn-care/ |
Date Source Published: | 21st May 2018 |
Date Source Accessed: | 21st January 2019 |
The following countries had no data: |
Postnatal care coverage of newborns is the percentage of newborns (last live births) in the previous two years who received a health check from a health provider within two days after delivery. A live birth refers to any baby that is born that shows signs of life outside of the womb.
Many maternal and newborn deaths occur within a few hours after birth. Postnatal care contacts, particularly within the first few days after delivery, are a critical opportunity for improving maternal and newborn health and survival, and to provide information about birth spacing. This indicator is part of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030).
The preferred data sources are household surveys. During survey interviews, women are asked about their most recent live birth and when, if at all, their health was checked after delivery. This should include births at home and births in a health facility. An alternative data source is a facility-reporting system.
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More about indicator and sources
The data in the source were updated on 22 February 2018. This more recent update contains only some values for countries’ more recent surveys. On this platform, we show other values for previous years that were available from the original source on 21 February 2018.
To read more about the World Health Organization recommendations on postnatal care of the mother and newborn, see here: http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/postnatal-care-recommendations/en/
More information on calculations
Data are taken from UNICEF database (see link below), which compiled data from household surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).
Using information captured through national household surveys, the indicator is calculated by dividing the number of women who received postpartum care within two days of childbirth divided by the total number of women ages 15 to 49 years with a last live birth in the 3-5 years prior to the survey.
For more information, visit: http://data.unicef.org/resources/resource-topic/maternal-health/