Since 2009, the WHO and UNICEF’s recommendation that women receive home-based postnatal care within the first three days after birth, a growing number of low-income countries have explored integrating postnatal home visit interventions into their maternal and newborn health strategies.
This randomized control trial evaluates a pilot program in which community health workers (CHWs) visit or call new mothers three days after delivery in peri-urban Kiambu County, Kenya.
Key Takeaways:
- CHW-administered postnatal checklists can lead to better recognition of postnatal problems and more timely care-seeking.
- CHWs can affordably deliver many of the benefits of postnatal checklists.
