Apr 10, 2025 · In 2014, 194 Member States of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly endorsed the action plan (Resolution WHA67.10).

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 …

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 …

May 2, 2017 · 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 …

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 …

Jun 15, 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 …

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.

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 …

May 10, 2023 · Key facts. An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020 (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) (1).

Postnatal Care Guidelines, March 2015 1 Background The days and weeks following childbirth —the postnatal period—are a critical