Table 3.
List of neonatal evidence-based interventions
| Period of risk | EBI | |
|---|---|---|
| Preconception | Folic acid supplementation | |
| Antenatal | Tetanus vaccination | |
| Malaria prevention and treatment | Intermittent presumptive treatment | |
| Insecticide-treated bed nets | ||
| Iodine supplementation (in endemic iodine deficient settings) | ||
| 4 or more antenatal visits (ANC4) | ||
| Prevention and treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia | Antihypertensive treatment for severe hypertension | |
| Magnesium sulfate | ||
| Early delivery | ||
| Intrapartum | Antibiotics for preterm premature rupture of membranes | |
| Corticosteroids for preterm labor | ||
| C-section for breech or obstructed labor | ||
| Active management of delivery (including partograph) | ||
| Clean delivery practices (incl. clean cord-cutting) | ||
| Trained birth attendant | ||
| Facility-based delivery | ||
| Basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC) | ||
| Comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (CEmONC) | ||
| Timely transport for higher level care for mother | ||
| Postnatal | Newborn resuscitation | |
| Immediate breastfeeding | ||
| Prevention and management of hypothermia | Immediate drying and wrapping | |
| Delayed bathing | ||
| Skin-to-skin | ||
| Baby warming | ||
| Kangaroo care for LBW/prematurity | ||
| Timely transport for higher level care for mother | ||
| Post-partum visits to identify danger signs and provide active referral | ||
| Antibiotics for suspected or confirmed infection | ||
| Surfactant therapy for respiratory distress syndrome and prematurity | ||
| Neonatal intensive care units (equipped, trained staff, standards and protocols established and followed) | ||