Table 1 Newhints visit schedule and content.
Early pregnancy | Key messages: |
|---|---|
|  |    - Promote and plan for a facility delivery |
|  |    - Plan for a clean home delivery |
|  |    - Plan for emergencies |
|  |    - Sleep under a treated bed net |
| Â | Supporting messages: |
|  |    - Encourage antenatal care attendance |
|  |    - Seek care for maternal danger signs |
3 rd trimester |    - Dry, wrap & breastfeed immediately after delivery (plus 2nd assistant during home delivery to facilitate this) |
|  |    - Delay bathing for at least a day |
Day of birth |    - Weigh and assess the baby for danger signs |
|  |    - Refer very low birth weight (LBW) & potentially sick babies to hospital |
|  |    - Encourage exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) |
|  |    - Encourage good thermal care (bath with warm water, dry immediately and wrap well) |
|  |    - Encourage special care for LBW babies (Skin to skin contact, delay bathing at least 3 days, hygiene, frequent breastfeeding) |
Day 3 |    - Assess baby for danger signs & refer sick babies |
|  |    - Reinforce EBF, thermal care |
|  |    - Teach newborn danger signs & encourage prompt care-seeking |
Day 7 |    - Assess baby for danger signs & refer sick babies |
|  |    - Reinforce EBF, thermal care, prompt care-seeking |
|  |    - Encourage bed net use, immunisations |
Other visits |    - Follow-up visits within 24 hours for referred babies |
|  |    - Visit at 14 days for LBW babies |