Essential Newborn Care Course Second Edition 2022

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WHO is launching an interim version of the course.

New features of the second edition of ENCC:

  • Focuses on the foundation for the essential care of every newborn and rights of newborns, nurturing care, and strengthened links to care in the community.
  • Integrates existing newborn courses from around the world such as WHO Early Essential Newborn Care coaching, as well as Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Babies Survive.
  • Bases on competencies and is flexible to be used for both in-service and pre-service settings, different course options.
  • Educational methodologies incorporate active learning and structured simulations.
  • Encourages collection, analysis and use of data in quality improvement activities focused on essential newborn care.
  • Is part of a set of resources for improving the care of newborns, such as WHO Human Resource Strategies for improving newborn care health facilities and WHO Standards.

Part 1: Welcome and Introduction
Part 2: Opening remarks and official launch of the EENC materials
Part 3: Overview of the ENCC course: What’s new?
Part 4: Questions & Answers
Part 5: Panel discussion
Part 6: Next steps and closing remarks