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WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: strengthening the maternal and newborn care continuum

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  • Aleena M Wojcieszek UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programmeof Research, Development and Research Training in HumanReproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandMater Research Institute (MRI-UQ), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mercedes Bonet UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programmeof Research, Development and Research Training in HumanReproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anayda Portela Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fernando Althabe UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programmeof Research, Development and Research Training in HumanReproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rajiv Bahl Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Neerja Chowdhary Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tarun Dua Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Edmond Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shuchita Gupta Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lisa M Rogers Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • João Paulo Souza Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent and Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Social Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Butantã, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Olufemi T Oladapo UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programmeof Research, Development and Research Training in HumanReproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mercedes Bonet; bonetm{at}who.int
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Wojcieszek AM, Bonet M, Portela A, et al
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: strengthening the maternal and newborn care continuum
BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e010992.

Publication history

  • Received October 17, 2022
  • Accepted November 19, 2022
  • First published January 30, 2023.
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January 30, 2023

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