Resources
Read the most comprehensive newborn death estimates to date, covering 20 years and 193 countries. Study led by the World Health Organization, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Save the Children.
The following article aims to assess the effect of community based neonatal care by community health workers (CHWs) on NMR in resource-limited settings.
The World Health Organization and The Guardian report that there are 57 countries with critical health worker shortfalls. The WHO considers countries with less than 23 health workers per 10,000 people a nation with a critical shortage in health employees.
This research aimed to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of newborn foot length to identify babies who are low birth weight or premature and in need of extra care in a rural African setting.
2010 Pacific Health Summit video clips: See clips from key discussions at the 2010 Summit on maternal and newborn health. Also featured: special remarks from Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
From the BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Supplement "Stillbirths – the global picture and evidence-based solutions"
Newhints is an integrated intervention package based on extensive formative research, and developed in close collaboration with seven District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) in Brong Ahafo Region.
This summary is a snapshot of the important data and the goals of the State of the World's Newborns: Malawi Report.
