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Table 4 Percentages of rural women who gave birth in the past 5 years preceding the survey with maternal/newborn PNC, MDHS 2015–16

From: Availability of health facilities and utilization of maternal and newborn postnatal care in rural Malawi

 

Total

n

%

Maternal PNC within 24 h

367

3.2%

Maternal PNC within the first week

1877

16.2%

Newborn PNC within 24 h

340

2.9%

Newborn PNC within the first week

2992

25.9%

  1. There were 11,576 rural women who gave birth in the past 5 years preceding the survey (weighted)