Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 16, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing …
To advance efforts to implement the life course approach in practice, WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing leads a collaborative programme …
Newborn health WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 …
Caring for a newborn - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 30, 2022 · Risk stratification analyses for programmes and research in newborn and child health, Meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-14 March 2024 24 June 2025 Guidance on …
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 30, 2021 · 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 …
World Patient Safety Day - World Health Organization (WHO)
That’s why World Patient Safety Day 2025 is dedicated to ensuring safe care for every newborn and child, with a special focus on those from birth to nine years old. This year’s slogan, …
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing
Addressing the critical issue of newborn mortality, the e-handbook highlights cost-effective interventions such as immediate and postnatal newborn care, skilled neonatal care and follow …
Universal newborn screening: Implementation guidance
Apr 2, 2024 · In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released updated postnatal care guidelines “Recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal …
Newborn Health - World Health Organization (WHO)
11th Meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN) 10 – 12 June 2025 Webinar: …
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