Aug 14, 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 …

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 …

Aug 30, 2021 · Who is most at risk? Globally, 2.4 million babies died in the first month of life in 2019. Approximately 6700 newborn deaths occur every day, amounting to 47% of all child …

Dec 22, 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 …

The WHO provides expanded tables for constructing national health cards based on weight-for-age standards, aiding in child growth monitoring and assessment.

Mar 14, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on newborn mortality, including key facts, causes, priority strategies, newborn care and WHO response.

Preterm and low birth weightWorking with partners to develop tools to improve health workers’ skills and to assess the quality of care provided who are preterm or low birth weight The 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 …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that exists in two forms, vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol which is the mammalian form and vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol which is the fungal form (1, 2). From a …

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