Postpartum care coverage for mothers (%)
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Definition
This indicator measures the percentage of women aged 15 - 49 years who had postnatal contact with a health-care provider within 2 days after delivery of their most recent live birth over the project specified time period.
Please note different countries may measure postnatal contact after birth within a different number of days, such as 4 or 6 days post birth if this is the norm.
There are two methods to measure this indicator:
(1) Service statistics (data from health facilities, HMIS/DHIS2)
(2) Population-based surveys
Note: a 'health care provider' should be defined in advance when using this indicator, for example: a healthcare provider is a doctor, nurse, midwife, trained community health worker, trained traditional birth attendant
Numerator
1) Number of women who had postpartum contact in a health facility over the project specified time period
2) Number of women aged 15-49 years who had postnatal contact with a health-care provider within 2 days after delivery of their most recent live birth over the project specified time period
Denominator
1) Total number of deliveries in the facility during the same project specified period
2) Total number of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth over the project specified time period
Recommended Means of Verification
There are two methods to measure this indicator:
(1) Looking at data from health facility service statistics, HMIS/DHIS2, program records, postnatal registers.
To calculate the indicator's value, divide the number of women who had postpartum contact in a health facility over the project specified time period by the total number of deliveries in facility during the same project specified period. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.
(2) Collect the following data by conducting individual interviews with a representative sample of women aged 15-49 years who in the project specified time period delivered a live child: if any health-care provider checked on her health at a facility or at home or another place in days after delivery, how long after delivery this occurred, who checked her health and after discharge from facility, was a health check conducted (with similar questions on timing, location, who performed check)
(Note: sequence of questions about details of postpartum contact will differ depending on whether the delivery occurred in/outside a health facility)
To calculate the indicator's value, divide the number of women aged 15-49 years who had postnatal contact with a health-care provider within 2 days after delivery of their most recent live birth by the total number of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.
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Form Questions
DHS Model Woman's Questionnaire, section 4 Pregnancy and postnatal care; no. 448-451; 455 - 459:
Additional Guidance
DHS Model Woman's Questionnaire, section 4 Pregnancy and postnatal care; no. 448-451; 455 - 459:
https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DHSQ8/DHS8_Womans_QRE_EN_14Feb2023_DHSQ8.pdf
MICS: PN & NC PNC for Babies and Mothers - WM 7.1.1:
https://mics.unicef.org/files?job=W1siZiIsIjIwMjMvMDcvMjAvMjAvNTEvMTkvMzg4L1BOX05DXzcuMS56aXAiXV0&sha=a59c80bf0d10f39d
Indicator Sheet: Postnatal Care Coverage - Women/Postnatal Care for Women:
https://monitor.srhr.org/related-sheets/Monitor%20Indicator%20sheet%20Postnatal%20care%20coverage%20women.pdf