Launch of WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant
An estimated 15 million babies are born too early every year. That is more than 1 in 10 babies. Approximately 1 million children die each year due to complications of preterm birth. Many surviving babies face a lifetime of disability, including learning disabilities and visual and hearing problems. On World Prematurity Day 2022, 17th November […]
Essential Newborn Care Course second edition (2022)
The World Health Organization in collaboration with partners are developing the second edition of the Essential Newborn Care Course (ENCC). The material provides the foundation for the essential care of every newborn: immediate care at birth, resuscitation when needed, breast milk feeding, thermal care, prevention of infection, recognition and response to danger signs. This course […]
Day 3: WHO & UNICEF Global expert consultation on a generic model for inpatient care of small and sick newborns
The aim of this expert consultation is to arrive at a consensus on core elements of a generic model for inpatient small and sick newborn care at the district level. This is undertaken in order to support Ministries of Health activity to increase the coverage and quality of small and sick newborn care in line […]
Day 2: WHO & UNICEF Global expert consultation on a generic model for inpatient care of small and sick newborns
The aim of this expert consultation is to arrive at a consensus on core elements of a generic model for inpatient small and sick newborn care at the district level. This is undertaken in order to support Ministries of Health activity to increase the coverage and quality of small and sick newborn care in line […]
Nurturing care for every newborn
Thursday 23 September 2021 This webinar launched the Thematic Brief Nurturing care for every newborn and shared examples of practical actions to create and strengthen nurturing environments for newborns, including those born too soon, small or sick. What happens during early childhood lays the foundation for a lifetime. Evidence has demonstrated clearly that the first […]
New evidence on Kangaroo Mother Care
This webinar shared new evidence on Kangaroo Mother Care and the impact of initiating KMC as soon as possible after birth compared with current recommendation of initiating continuous KMC only after clinical stabilization. Part 1: Presentation Dr Rajiv Bahl, Newborn Unit Head & Head of Research, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and […]
Expanding human resources for the care of small and sick newborns
This webinar took a closer look at strategies for countries to transform their policies on human resources for health and provide health workers with the knowledge and technical skills necessary for high-quality care by 2030, to ensure that all newborns survive and thrive. The WHO recommendations published in 2020 and experience of Kenya in developing […]
Implementing quality care for small and sick newborns in health facilities
Taking forward the demand for sharing country experiences of challenges faced, solutions sought and lesson learned, this series of webinars will run from May 2021 to May 2022, This series builds on the content of the series that began in 2020 which focused on country experiences to transform care and the evidence-base published in the […]
Newborns and COVID 19: Now is the time to act for every newborn, everywhere
Tuesday 30 March 2021, at 11-12:30 pm GMT and 1-2:30 pm CET This webinar deep dived into newly published findings on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on small and sick newborns care and discussed actions needed to protect past gains made for newborns and use learnings during COVID to date to improve health systems to […]
Progress in Scaling Up Early Essential Newborn Care in WHO Western Pacific Region
Now, a newborn dies every four minutes in the Western Pacific Region, accounting for half of all under-five deaths [1]. While this is a great improvement from 2012, many deaths remain due to preventable causes. Early Essential Newborn Care aims to eliminate harmful practices that increase risk of infection, hypothermia and death among newborns including […]