Postpartum care coverage
Percent of mothers and babies who received postpartum care within two days of childbirth (regardless of place of delivery).
Number of women and babies who received postpartum care within two days of childbirth.
Total number of women age 15−49 years with a live birth in the specified time period.
Age, facility ownership, marital status, parity, place of residence, socioeconomic status.
Population-based health surveys
Routine facility information systems/health facility assessments and surveys
This indicator serves as a proxy for access to health services, maternal and child healthcare.
Postpartum care, Postnatal care, Maternal health, Newborn health, Child health
World Health Organization (WHO). 2015 Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators.; 2015. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/173589/1/WHO_HIS_HSI_2015.3_eng.pdf
Further information and related links
Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000−2010): taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival. Geneva and New York (NY): World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund; 2010 (Retrieved from http://www.countdown2015mnch.org/reports-and-articles/previous-reports/2010-decadereport).
Countdown to 2015. Monitoring maternal, newborn and child health: understanding key progress indicators. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011 (Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44770/1/9789241502818_eng.pdf).
Every newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014 (Retrieved from http://www.everynewborn.org/Documents/Full-action-plan-EN.pdf).
Keeping promises, measuring results. Commission on information and accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011 (Retrieved from http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/accountability_commission/Commission_Report_advance_copy.pdf).
Standard foreign assistance indicators/standard foreign assistance master indicator list (MIL). Washington (DC): United States Agency for International Development (Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/f/indicators/index.htm).
