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 and preventing …

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 preventable death …

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 deaths under the …

Nov 26, 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 preterm …

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 nutritional …

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 these …

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

Aug 9, 2023 · At the time of birth, an infant is still attached to the mother via the umbilical cord, which is part of the placenta. The infant is usually separated from the placenta by clamping the umbilical cord.

Guideline Development Group meeting on updating WHO Recommendations on care of preterm or low birth weight infants

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 fed. All …