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 …

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 …

Sep 30, 2022 · Home / Tools and toolkits / Your life, your health - Tips and information for health and well-being / Life phase / Newborns and children under 5 years / Caring for a newborn

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 · This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others relate to maternal, child and adolescent health. The objective of this …

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

The WHO maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) e-handbook is a vital resource for ministry of health programme managers, offering essential guidance for …

Apr 2, 2024 · Universal newborn screening implementation guidanceIn 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released updated postnatal care guidelines “Recommendations on …

WHO offers a comprehensive set of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to support maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) programmes. These tools guide the collection, …

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 …