Newborn Postnatal Care Contact Rates Within Two Days of Delivery

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides a dataset on the percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within two days of delivery. The data, last updated in March 2026, is available under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license. Its specific geographic and temporal coverage are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Monitor national and subnational progress on early postnatal care coverage based on reported contact rates.
• Identify disparities in access to postnatal healthcare services for newborns based on the percentage metric.
• Model the relationship between early postnatal contact and other health indicators based on the core measurement.
• Benchmark country performance against global health targets for newborn care based on the standardized indicator.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), a recognized authority in child health.
• The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-26, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national health information systems and surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:44:33.116902; freshness should be verified

Geography

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