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AbstractEssential newborn care (ENC) is a comprehensive strategy designed to improve the health of newborns throughinterventions before conception, during pregnancy, at and soon after birth, and in the postnatal period. This briefdescribes the components of ENC, criteria for prioritizing them, and strategies used in operationalizing them.Implementation of ENC will have a positive impact on neonatal and infant mortality.Recommended CitationIndira Narayanan, Mandy Rose, Dilberth Cordero, Silvana Faillace, and Tina Sanghvi. The Components of EssentialNewborn Care. Published by the Basics Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival Project (BASICS II) for the UnitedStates Agency for International Development. Arlington, Virginia, June 2004.Photo Credit: BASICS IIBASICS IIBASICS II is a global child survival project funded by the Office of Health and Nutrition of the Bureau for GlobalHealth of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). BASICS II is conducted by the Partnership forChild Health Care, Inc., under contract no. HRN-C-00-99-00007-00. Partners are the Academy for EducationalDevelopment, John Snow, Inc., and Management Sciences for Health. Subcontractors include Emory University, TheJohns Hopkins University, The Manoff Group, Inc., the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Save theChildren Federation, Inc., and TSL.This document does not represent the views or opinion of USAID. It may be reproduced if credit isproperly given.BASICS II1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300Arlington, Virginia 22209 USATel: 703-312-6800Fax: 703-312-6900E-mail address: infoctr@basics.orgWebsite: www.basics.orgUSAIDU.S. Agency for International DevelopmentOffice of Health and NutritionBureau for Global HealthWebsite: www.usaid.gov/pop_health/
The Components of EssentialNewborn CareIndira Narayanan, Mandy Rose, Dilberth Cordero,Silvana Faillace, and Tina SanghviCare provided during the perinatal andneonatal periods (Figure 1) is critical toensuring the health of mother and baby.Maternal health and newborn health areinextricably linked; this brief primarily addressesthe needs of the newborn infant and some selectedmaternal issues that influence birth outcome.Essential newborn care (ENC) is acomprehensive strategy designed to improve thehealth of newborns through interventions beforeconception, during pregnancy, at and soon afterbirth, and in the postnatal period.These issues need to be addressed in anappropriate manner at the facility and communitylevels to ensure a continuum of care.ComponentsThe components of ENC are summarized inFigure 2 and described in greater detail in Table 1.Depending on their mandates, private voluntaryand other organizations may facilitate or provideENC services or simply promote them throughcommunication and social mobilization strategies.Essential Newborn CareENC comprises:(a) Basic preventive newborn caresuch as care before and duringpregnancy, clean deliverypractices, temperaturemaintenance, eye and cord care,and early and exclusivebreastfeeding on demand dayand night;(b) Early detection of problems ordanger signs (with priority forsepsis and birth asphyxia) andappropriate referral and careseeking.This may also be a partof (a) and (c); and(c) Treatment of key problems suchas sepsis and birth asphyxia.Figure 1. Definition of the Perinatal and Neonatal PeriodsPregnancyPerinatal periodEarlyneonatalperiod22 weeks 6 completedBirthdaysLateneonatalperiodNewborn period27 completeddaysThe Components of Essential Newborn Care3
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