Newborn health 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 In addition, almost 2 million babies born with no signs of life at 28 weeks of pregnancy or more (stillbirths) and 295 000 maternal deaths
Caring for a newborn - World Health Organization (WHO) Home Tools and toolkits Your life, your health - Tips and information for health and well-being Life phase Newborns and children under 5 years Caring for a newborn
Newborn Health - World Health Organization (WHO) Newborn Health Unit 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
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) The vast majority of newborn deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries It is possible to improve survival rates and the health of newborns, and to end preventable stillbirths, by reaching high coverage of quality antenatal care, skilled care at birth, postnatal care for mother and baby, and care of small and sick newborns
Essential newborn care - World Health Organization (WHO) 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 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
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing 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 will survive, thrive and enjoy health and well-being
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
Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures: Strengthening newborn and maternal . . . Ulaanbaatar, 10 April 2025 – On World Health Day 2025, the Ministry of Health Mongolia and the World Health Organization (WHO) are celebrating Mongolia’s progress in maternal and newborn health while reaffirming their commitment to ensuring every mother and baby has the healthiest possible start in life Under the global theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, Mongolia is launching