Location/placement | Postnatal ward/postpartum unit (wards or single rooms) | Roomed-in with mothers in a designated areaAttached to/in the postnatal ward/postpartum unitAttached to SNCU/NICUaKangaroo mother care units | Special neonatal care unit/neonatal intensive care unitMother-baby unit b |
Health care provider | Midwives/nurses well trained in the basic care of both the mother and baby, preparation for discharge, and monitoring for and identification of danger signsIdeally and where feasible, coupled with daily rounding by trained physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physicians, pediatricians, and/or neonatologists | Midwives/nurses trained additionally in the monitoring and care of the at-risk babiesDaily rounding by trained physician assistants, physicians, pediatricians, and/or neonatologists with additional visits as required (more frequent than for well babies) | Nurses trained to provide level II, III, and IV carecPediatricians, neonatologists, and/or midlevel providers trained to provide level II, III, and IV care |