Aug 7, 2025 · 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 …

WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response.

Mar 1, 2025 · The first 28 days of life – the neonatal period – is the most vulnerable time for a child’s survival. Children face the highest risk of dying in their first month of life at an average …

This course is part of a set of resources for improving care of newborns, such as WHO Human Resource Strategies for improving neonatal care, WHO standards for improving the quality of …

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 …

Feb 1, 2022 · Death in the first month of life, which is mostly preventable, represents 47 per cent of total deaths among children under 5 in 2022. While mortality among children under 5 …

En 2022 murieron en todo el mundo 2,3 millones de niños en los primeros 28 días de vida. Cada día se producen unas 6500 defunciones de recién nacidos, lo que supone el 47% de todas las …

Nov 9, 2019 · Newborn infections Neonatal infections are primarily bacterial in origin, and include pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. Neonatal infections result in over 550 000 neonatal deaths …

Aug 14, 2025 · A single safety incident can have lifelong consequences for a child’s health and development. That’s why World Patient Safety Day 2025 is dedicated to ensuring safe care for …

The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) constitutes representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health …