Opportunities for Africa's Newborns
Opportunities for Africa's Newborns
2006
Partnership for Maternal and Newborn Health, USAID, UNFPA, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, AED, Population Council, the World Bank
Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cote d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa The Gambia Togo Zambia Zimbabwe
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Summary
Opportunities for Africa's newborns represents a major milestone in the effort to save four million babies who die from preventable and treatable causes every year world wide, particularly the 1.16 million newborns dying in Africa. Published under the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) and developed by a team of 60 authors, many of whom are African or working in Africa, this publication helps build momentum towards the integration of global efforts to save 11 million maternal, newborn and child lives each year, promoting the continuum of care to save these lives.
