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Strengthening Midwifery Education and Practice in Somalia and Somaliland (SMEPS)

Postpartum & Newborn Care

This section has a series of curated resources designed to support teachers and students, to help them provide normal and complicated postpartum care.

NORMAL

Breastfeeding Positions

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7
NM new modules: 7, 17, 9


Positions for Breastfeeding (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC


Positions for Breastfeeding (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

Breastfeeding (Cup Feeding)

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7
NM new modules: 7, 17, 9


Cup Feeding (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC

Breastfeeding (Latch)

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7
NM new modules: 7, 17, 9


Breastfeeding Attachment (VIDEO) >>>

SOMALI


Attaching Your Baby at the Breast (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC


Breastfeeding Attachment (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

Breastfeeding (Supply)

old modules: 6, 14, 16, 17
new modules: 13, 18, 20, 21

NM old modules: 5, 15, 7
NM new modules: 7, 17, 9


Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk? (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC


Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk? (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

Care Immediately After Birth

old modules: 15, 17
new modules: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9


Immediate Care After Birth (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC


Immediate Care After Birth (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

Circumcision

old modules: 15, 17
new modules: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9


Neonatal and child male circumcision: a global review >>>

NCBI Bookshelf. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

Discharge Planning

old module: 16
new module: 20

NM old module: 15
NM new module: 17


WHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee >>>

Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.

Helping Babies Survive

old modules: 17, 20
new modules: 21, 28

NM old modules: 7, 17
NM new modules: 9, 19


Essential Care for Every Baby >>>

Helping Babies Survive Program

Kangaroo Care

old module: 20
new module: 28

NM old module: 17
NM new module: 19


Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight >>>

WHO Immediate KMC Study Group. The New England Journal of Medicine.

Newborn

old module: none
new module: 21

NM old module: 7
NM new module: 9


How to care for a newborn baby: the first hours after a baby is born (VIDEO) >>>

SOMALI, ENGLISH

Postnatal Care Guidelines

old modules: 16, 17
new modules: 20, 21

NM old modules: 15, 7
NM new modules: 17, 9


WHO recommendations on postnatal care of the mother and newborn >>>

NCBI Bookshelf. Geneva, Switzerland: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization; 2013.

Postpartum Care Guidelines

old modules: 15, 17
new modules: 19, 21

NM old modules: 6, 7
NM new modules: 8, 9


Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A guide for essential practice >>>

NCBI Bookshelf. 3rd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

Umbilical Cord Care

old module: 17
new module: 21

NM old module: 7
NM new module: 9


Care of the Cord (AGE-RESTRICTED VIDEO)  >>>

ARABIC


Chlorhexidine for Newborn Cord Care (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

COMPLICATED

Birth Weight (Low)

old module: 20
new module: 28

NM old module: 17
NM new module: 19


Low Birth Weight Policy Brief: Global Nutrition Targets 2025 >>>

ENGLISH

Danger Signs

old module: 20
new module: 28

NM old module: 17
NM new module: 19


Critical Illnesses in Newborns (VIDEO) >>>

ENGLISH

Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)

old module: 20
new module: 28

NM old module: 17
NM new module: 19


Helping Babies Breathe >>>

web description


Helping Babies Breathe at Birth (VIDEO) >>>

ARABIC


What to do when a newborn baby is not breathing (VIDEO) >>>

SOMALI, ENGLISH

Wasting

old module: none
new module: 31

NM old module: none
NM new module: 31


Global nutrition targets 2025: policy brief series >>>

ENGLISH

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