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Unang Yakap: Essential Newborn Care (ENC) Protocol

The document outlines the Unang Yakap campaign in the Philippines to promote the Essential Newborn Care (ENC) protocol. ENC is a simple, evidence-based protocol that can prevent at least 50% of neonatal deaths without additional costs. It consists of 4 core time-bound steps: 1) immediate and thorough drying of the newborn, 2) early skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn, 3) properly timed cord clamping and cutting, and 4) non-separation of newborn and mother for early breastfeeding. The goal is to reduce the country's high rate of under-five mortality, especially in the first days of life.

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Unang Yakap: Essential Newborn Care (ENC) Protocol

The document outlines the Unang Yakap campaign in the Philippines to promote the Essential Newborn Care (ENC) protocol. ENC is a simple, evidence-based protocol that can prevent at least 50% of neonatal deaths without additional costs. It consists of 4 core time-bound steps: 1) immediate and thorough drying of the newborn, 2) early skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn, 3) properly timed cord clamping and cutting, and 4) non-separation of newborn and mother for early breastfeeding. The goal is to reduce the country's high rate of under-five mortality, especially in the first days of life.

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Unang

Yakap
Essential Newborn Care (ENC) Protocol
Unang Yakap
• Unang Yakap is the campaign to spread the
use of the Essential Newborn Care (ENC) P
rotocol
• The First Embrace (Unang Yakap) is
a simple act of love that transfers life
saving warmth, placental blood and
protective bacteria from the mother
to the newborn.
Essential Newborn Care
• Globally, the Philippines is among the
42 countries accounting for 90% of
under-five mortality.
• Highest number of newborn deaths
occur in the first 2 days of life
• An annual estimation of 82K Filipino
children die before their 5th birthday.
• Approximately, 37% of these children
are NB <28 days old for which
causes are much preventable
Essential Newborn Care

• A step-by-step, simple, concise,


straightforward protocol founded by
a solid research evidence
• It is aimed at preventing at least
50% of neonatal deaths without
additional cost to both families and
hospitals
4 CORE STEPS OF ENC
Time-Bound Interventions
1. Immediate and thorough drying of
the newborn
2. Early skin to skin contact between
mother and newborn
3. Properly-timed cord clamping and
cutting
4. Non-separation of newborn and mother
for early breastfeeding
Immediate and thorough drying of the
newborn

• Immediate and thorough drying for 30


seconds to one minute warms the NB
and stimulates breathing
Early skin to skin contact between
mother and newborn

• Early skin-to-skin contact between mother


and newborn and delayed washing for at
least six hours prevents hypothermia,
infection and hypoglycemia
Properly-timed cord clamping and
cutting

• Properly-timed cord clamping and


cutting prevents anemia and protects
against brain hemorrhage in premature
newborns.
• This means waiting for the cord pulsations
to stop (between 1 to 3 minutes)
Non-separation of newborn and mother
for early breastfeeding

• Continuous non-separation of newborn


and mother for early breastfeeding
protects infants from dying from infection
• The first feed provides colostrum
ENC: Protocol for New
Life
• Immediate and thorough drying of
the newborn
• Early skin to skin contact between mother
and newborn
• Properly-timed cord clamping and cutting
• Non-separation of NB and mother for
early breastfeeding
Thank you for listening.

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