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- Promote and plan for a facility delivery
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- Plan for a clean home delivery
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- Plan for emergencies
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- Sleep under a treated bed net
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Supporting messages:
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- Encourage antenatal care attendance
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- Seek care for maternal danger signs
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3
rd
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- Dry, wrap & breastfeed immediately after delivery (plus 2nd assistant during home delivery to facilitate this)
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- Delay bathing for at least a day
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Day of birth
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- Weigh and assess the baby for danger signs
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- Refer very low birth weight (LBW) & potentially sick babies to hospital
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- Encourage exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)
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- Encourage good thermal care (bath with warm water, dry immediately and wrap well)
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- Encourage special care for LBW babies (Skin to skin contact, delay bathing at least 3 days, hygiene, frequent breastfeeding)
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Day 3
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- Assess baby for danger signs & refer sick babies
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- Reinforce EBF, thermal care
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- Teach newborn danger signs & encourage prompt care-seeking
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Day 7
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- Assess baby for danger signs & refer sick babies
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- Reinforce EBF, thermal care, prompt care-seeking
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- Encourage bed net use, immunisations
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Other visits
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- Follow-up visits within 24 hours for referred babies
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- Visit at 14 days for LBW babies
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