
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 …
Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 14, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response.
Newborn health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 30, 2021 · Accelerating progress on neonatal survival and infant health and well-being requires strengthening quality of care as well as ensuring availability of quality health services …
Neonatal mortality - UNICEF DATA
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 …
Newborn health WPRO
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 …
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 …
Mortalidad neonatal - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 …
Newborn care - UNICEF DATA
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 …
Newborn infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 …
Levels and trends in child mortality 2024 - UNICEF DATA
Mar 24, 2025 · The world has made remarkable progress in reducing child mortality. Since 2000, the global under-five mortality rate has fallen by 52 per cent, reflecting decades of investment …