Manual II of the Perinatal Education Programme consists of 15 theory units and 9 skills workshops which address all aspects of newborn care. Most participants take a year to complete the manual.

THEORY UNITS:
Unit 16	Asphyxia, hypoxia and resuscitation
Unit 17	Gestational age and weight at birth
Unit 18	The routine care of normal infants
Unit 19	Feeding normal infants
Unit 20	Care of high risk and sick infants
Unit 21	Feeding sick or high risk infants
Unit 22	Temperature control and hypothermia
Unit 23	Glucose control and hypoglycaemia
Unit 24	Jaundice, anaemia and polycythaemia
Unit 25	Respiratory distress and apnoea
Unit 26	Oxygen therapy
Unit 27	Infection
Unit 28	Trauma and bleeding
Unit 29	Congenital abnormalities at birth
Unit 30	Communication

SKILLS WORKSHOPS:
Skills 16	Asphyxia, hypoxia and resuscitation
Skills 17	Gestational age and weight
Skills 18	Care of the normal infant
Skills 21	Feeding sick or high risk infants
Skills 22	Temperature control and hypothermia
Skills 23	Glucose control and hypoglycaemia
Skills 24	Jaundice and phototherapy
Skills 25	Respiratory distress and apnoea
Skills 26	Oxygen therapy

The Newborn Care manual was first published in 1992 and later revised in 1996 and again in 2005. By the end of 2000, a total of 9832 Newborn Care manuals had been used in South Africa.

The Maternal and Newborn care manuals together form the basic PEP course.