Brief: Improving newborn and pediatric quality of care

Highlights

Between September 2020 and June 2021, UNICEF, with support from USAID, collaborated with the Government of Nepal (GoN) Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), the Perinatal Society of Nepal (PESON), and two hospitals in Nepal’s Province 2, Narayani and Janakpur hospital, to improve the quality of newborn and pediatric quality of care (QoC) with a focus, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, on strengthening access to and safe use of oxygen, and infection prevention and control.

This brief summarizes Nepal's experience of improving newborn and pediatric quality of care by strengthening access to safe use of oxygen, pulse oximetry, and infection prevention and control measures.