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Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 preventable death and poor health and well-being of newborns and children under the age of five are indicators of the uneven coverage of life-saving interventions and, more broadly, of inadequate social and economic ...
Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response.
Newborn health WPRO
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 and preventing avoidable deaths and stillbirths requires achieving high coverage of quality antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care for both mothers and newborns. Neonatal deaths, which occur ...
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Accelerating progress on neonatal survival and infant health and well-being requires strengthening quality of care as well as ensuring availability of quality health services for small and sick newborns. Essential newborn care All babies should receive the following care:
Neonatal mortality - UNICEF DATA
The first 28 days of life – the neonatal period – is the most vulnerable time for a child’s survival. Children face the highest risk of dying in their first month of life at an average global rate of 17 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023, down by 53 per cent from 37 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990. In comparison, the probability of dying after the first month and before reaching ...
Essential newborn care - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 normally, to be warm and to be fed. All newborns should have access to essential newborn care, which is the critical care for all babies in the first days after birth. Essential newborn care involves immediate care at the time of birth ...
Mortalidad neonatal - World Health Organization (WHO)
En 2022 murieron en todo el mundo 2,3 millones de niños en los primeros 28 días de vida. Cada día se producen unas 6500 defunciones de recién nacidos, lo que supone el 47% de todas las muertes de niños menores de 5 años.
Newborn care - UNICEF DATA
Death in the first month of life, which is mostly preventable, represents 47 per cent of total deaths among children under 5 in 2022. While mortality among children under 5 declines globally, deaths among these children are becoming more concentrated in the first days of life. This makes the focus on newborn care more critical than ever. In 2022, an estimated 2.3 million children died in their ...
Newborn infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
Newborn infections Neonatal infections are primarily bacterial in origin, and include pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. Neonatal infections result in over 550 000 neonatal deaths every year. Most of these deaths can be averted by preventive measures, early diagnosis, timely care-seeking, treatment with appropriate antibiotics, and follow up.
Newborn health
Preterm babies are at an increased risk of post-neonatal mortality, stunting and long-term neurodevelopmental impairment during childhood. The India Newborn Action Plan (INAP), 2014 outlines strategies to strengthen preterm births and address symptoms and other risk factors.
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