Aug 7, 2025 · To ensure every child survives and thrives to reach their full potential, we must focus on improving care around the time of birth and the first week of life. The high rates of …

Apr 8, 2024 · A newborn infant, or neonate, refers to a baby in the first 28 days of life, a period marked by the highest risk of morbidity and mortality. Enhancing neonatal survival and health …

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Essential newborn care High-quality universal newborn health care is the right of every newborn everywhere. Babies have the right to be protected from injury and infection, to breathe …

Mar 14, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response.

Aug 7, 2025 · The purpose of the compendium is to consolidate key evidence, tools and resources to support the practical implementation of respectful maternal and newborn care …

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing We lead WHO’s work on the life course so that every pregnant woman, mother, newborn, child, adolescent, and older person …

Sep 1, 2025 · This year, the theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks …

The World Health Organization in collaboration with partners around the world has developed a second edition of the Essential Newborn Care Course.

Preterm infants are born at less than 37 weeks gestational age and low birth weight infants are born with a birth weight below 2.5kg regardless of gestational age. An estimated 15 million …