Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

Table 4.12 presents information on the type of postnatal care provider by mother’s backgroundcharacteristics. Twenty-eight percent of mothers received postnatal care from an SBA, and less than onepercent of mothers received care from a CHW. Similarly, less than 1 percent of mothers receivedpostnatal care from a TBA. Mothers of first order births, women who delivered in a health facility, withhigher education, from the wealthiest households, from the least remote households, and from urban areasare more likely than other mothers to receive postnatal care from an SBA.Table 4.12 Type of provider of first postnatal checkupAmong women age 12-49 giving birth in the five years preceding the survey, the percent distribution by type of provider of the mother’s firstpostnatal health check for the last live birth, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2010BackgroundcharacteristicDoctorType of health provider of mother’s first postnatal checkupNurse/midwifeCommunityhealthworkerTraditionalbirthattendantRelative/friendOtherDon’tknow/missingNopostnatalcheckupTotalNumber ofwomenMother’s age at birth