Essential newborn care 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 …

countries found that only 13% of women who delivered at home received postnatal care within 2 days of birth.6 The World Health Organization (WHO) recently updated global guidelines on …

The World Health Organization in collaboration with partners around the world has developed a second edition of the Essential Newborn Care Course.

Nov 14, 2025 · These cannot be achieved without reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health coverage for all. Improving maternal health is one of WHO’s key priorities, grounded in …

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

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. An estimated 15 million …

Newborn Health UnitPlease 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...

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 …

Welcome to the newborn health component of the WHO maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) e-handbook. This essential resource provides comprehensive guidance to …

May 10, 2023 · Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation), and this number is rising.