Supporting women, parents and families for a positive postnatal experience

Overview

This advocacy brief describes the importance of postnatal care for the health and wellbeing of women and their babies after birth, as well as the right of all women and babies to quality postnatal care and a positive postnatal experience. Its content can support and potentially strengthen advocacy messages and activities related to postnatal care by women’s, parent and community groups, civil society and non-government organizations, community leaders, and other advocates at national, sub-national, health facility and community levels.

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