Newborn health

The latest, most reliable data and estimates of stillbirth and child mortality rates for each country based on the research of the United Nations Inter-agency...

Survive and thrive: transforming care for every small and sick newborn maps out a pathway towards 2030. It is built upon epidemiology, historical...

Substantial progress has been made in newborn health and survival and in preventing stillbirths over the past decade, including in countries with the highest...

Survive and thrive: transforming care for every small and sick newborn maps out a pathway towards 2030. It is built upon epidemiology, historical...

Substantial progress has been made in newborn health and survival and in preventing stillbirths over the past decade, including in countries with the highest...

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 postnatal period is a critical phase in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur during this time. Yet, this...

The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols...

The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols...

This guideline examines the evidence and makes recommendations and remarks on the implementation of some of the details of breastfeeding counselling, such...

The early initiation of breastfeeding – putting newborns to the breast within the first hour of life – is critical to newborn survival and...

WHO and UNICEF have established recommendations for breastfeeding practices. Although every mother decides how to feed her child, this decision is strongly...

The Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit (the Toolkit) is intended to ensure stakeholders are able to easily access and use advocacy tools aimed at improving...