WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: executive summary

Overview

The recommendations in this guideline are intended to inform the development of relevant national and subnational health policies, clinical protocols and programmatic guides. Therefore, the target audience includes national and subnational public health policy-makers, implementers and managers of maternal, newborn and child health programmes, health facility managers, health workers (including midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives, nurses,  obstetricians, paediatricians, neonatologists, general medical practitioners and community health workers), nongovernmental organizations, professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal, newborn and child health services, academic staff involved in training health workers, and women’s and parents’ groups.