Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Explain the importance of postnatal care in terms of when most mothers and newborns die, and the main causes of these deaths.
• Briefly describe the main physiological changes in the mother and newborn in the postnatal period.
• Describe the main danger signs in the postnatal mother and newborn.
• Explain the importance of community involvement in postnatal care and describe how you would establish partnerships with gatekeepers in the community.