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 health - World Health Organization (WHO) Who is most at risk? Globally, 2 4 million babies died in the first month of life in 2019 Approximately 6700 newborn deaths occur every day, amounting to 47% of all child deaths under the age of 5 years, up from 40% in 1990 The world has made substantial progress in child survival since 1990 Globally, the number of neonatal deaths declined from 5 0 million in 1990 to 2 4 million in 2019
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
WHO recommendations on newborn health: guidelines approved by the WHO . . . Overview Please note that this publication is being updated 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
Newborn health A child under 28 days of age qualifies as a newborn or neonate The first 28 days are most important for survival In 2018, an estimated 0 6 million newborns died in India due to preterm birth, neonatal infections, intra-partum related complications birth asphyxia and congenital malformations Eighty percent of these deaths were preventable
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
Newborn Health - World Health Organization (WHO) Preterm and low birth weightWorking with partners to develop tools to improve health workers’ skills and to assess the quality of care provided who are preterm or low birth weight The WHO standards provide direction and guidance in establishing level II units for improving the quality of in-patient care for the small and sick newborns Survive and thrive report outlines the global problem
Microsoft Word - WHO PNC 2014 Briefer_A4. docx countries found that only 13% of women who delivered at home received postnatal care within 2 days of birth 6 The World Health Organization (WHO) recently updated global guidelines on postnatal care for mothers and newborns through a technical consultation process The new guidelines address the timing and content of postnatal care for mothers and newborns with a special focus on resource