Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO) Newborn deaths account for 47% of deaths among children under the age of 5 globally, resulting in 2 4 million lives lost each year About one third of newborn deaths occur on the day of birth and close to three quarters occur within the first week of life
Caring for a newborn - World Health Organization (WHO) Report of the tenth meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 12–14 Nov 2024 9 May 2025 Toolkit for adaptation of the WHO recommendations for a positive pregnancy and postnatal experience Toolkit for adaptation of the WHO recommendations for a
Newborn health WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO) 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
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
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO) Key facts Although the global number of newborn deaths declined from 5 million in 1990 to 2 4 million in 2019, children face the greatest risk of death in their first 28 days In 2019, 47% of all under-5 deaths occurred in the newborn period, with about one third dying on the day of birth and close to three quarters dying within the first week of life
Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO) Plans to improve newborn survival should be built on a strong foundation of essential newborn care and align with the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) and Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) targets on antenatal care, postnatal care, skilled health personnel and emergency obstetric and newborn care
WHO recommendations on newborn health: guidelines approved by the WHO . . . This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others relate to maternal, child and adolescent health The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on newborn health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025 Worldwide actions exemplified above, among many others, generate a strong response to the global call issued by UN agencies on World Health Day, raising alarm on the threat of major backsliding of maternal and newborn health World Health Day 2025 marks WHO’s 77th birthday and kicks off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health
Every Newborn Action Plan - World Health Organization (WHO) Every Newborn progress report One year after the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) was endorsed at the 67th World Health Assembly, 15 of 18 low-resource countries identified as having the highest newborn mortality rates took action to improve maternal and newborn care around the time of birth and to save lives
Early essential newborn care delivers better health for higher-risk babies Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC), a set of simple WHO-recommended and cost-effective interventions, is a proven life-saving practice that benefits all mothers and newborns The core steps of EENC include drying the baby immediately after birth, beginning immediate skin-to-skin contact for no less than 90 minutes, clamping the cord when pulsations stop and cutting it with a sterile