National Facilitation Guide for Intrapartum Care Program Implementation 2081

Overview

The Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services (DOHS), has released a new National Facilitation Guide on Intrapartum Care Services. The guideline aims to support health workers and service providers in delivering evidence-based, respectful, and quality care during childbirth.

Objectives

The overall aim of this guidelines is to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of maternal and newborn care during labour and childbirth, and ultimately improve health outcomes for women and their babies. This document will facilitate the effective implementation of the WHO recommendations (2018)

on intrapartum care to;

1. Improve the quality of maternal and newborn care by promoting the use of evidence-based interventions and best practices. This includes ensuring that women receive appropriate care during labour and childbirth, such as monitoring vital signs, providing pain relief, and using appropriate interventions to manage labour, it’s complications and effective referral.
2. Promote the rights and preferences of women and their families during labour and childbirth. This involves respecting women’s choices and preferences for care, providing clear and accurate information about their care options, and ensuring that the decision-making process is shared with women and her family member throughout the labour and childbirth process.
3. Improve the overall experience of care for women and their families during labour and childbirth. This includes promoting respectful and compassionate care, addressing cultural and social norms that may impact care, and providing emotional support and counselling as needed.

Target Audience
The implementation guidelines for IPC LCG can be used in a wide range of settings such as service provision from health facilities, program management as well as teaching and learning process. The target audience are a range of country stakeholders responsible for enabling high quality management of labour and childbirth in public and private sectors. This includes not only service providers but also policy makers, managers as well as other stakeholders.

• National, provincial and local level maternal and newborn policy makers, managers and implementors
• Maternal and newborn health service providers including
  – Skilled Health Personnel: Ob/Gyn, MDGP, Paediatrician, Advanced SBA (MBBS), Midwife, Nurses and
  – Skilled Birth Attendant: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
• Public/private hospitals and institutions providing MNH services
• Professional organizations and experts related to maternal and newborn health area
• National, international organization and partners working in maternal and newborn health areas
• Health professional and organization working in planning, management, training/orientation on maternal and newborn health
• Faculty members of academic institutions and health professional or institutions engaged in pre service education and research related to maternal and newborn.

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