
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 6, 2025 · In 2014, 194 Member States of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly endorsed the action plan (Resolution WHA67.10).
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 …
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 …
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 6, 2025 · 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 …
Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 14, 2024 · Overview. Globally 2.3 million children died in the first 28 days of life in 2022. There are approximately 6500 newborn deaths every day, amounting to 47% of all child …
Newborn infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 9, 2019 · Working with countries and partners to implement the Every Newborn: An action plan to end preventable deaths adopted in May 2014 in the framework of the UN Secretary …
Essential newborn care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Essential newborn care. Working with countries and partners to implement the Every Newborn: An action plan to end preventable deaths adopted in May 2014 in the framework of the UN …
Postnatal Care Guidelines, March 2015 1 Background The days and weeks following childbirth —the postnatal period—are a critical
Preterm birth - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 10, 2023 · Key facts. An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020 (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) (1).
Preterm and low birth weight infants - World Health Organization …
Preterm infants are born at less than 37 weeks gestational age and low birth weight infants are born with a birth weight below 2.5kg regardless of gestational age.