Comprehensive Global Newborn Health Care: Rights, Recommendations, and Responsibilities

Comprehensive Newborn Health Care: Rights, Recommations, and Responsibilities

Introduction:

Newborn health is a universal right that demands the highest quality of care for every baby globally. Every infant should be safeguarded from harm, provided with optimal respiration, warmth, and nourishment. Essential newborn care ensures all babies receive critical healthcare in their initial days post-birth. This comprehensive care encompasses immediate care at birth including delayed cord clamping, thorough drying, assessment of breathing, skin-to-skin contact, early breastfeeding initiation, thermal management, resuscitation as required, support for breast milk feeding, nurturing care, infection prevention measures, health problem assessments, recognition and response to danger signs, timely referral when needed.

Essential newborn care is not confined to in-facility settings but exts into the home environment.

Scope:

Our work at WHO involves several critical areas: tracking and data analysis, development of guidelines, ensuring quality of care delivery, conducting research, and supporting policy implementation. Here's a breakdown:

Monitoring and Data Collection:

Collaborating with nations and stakeholders on implementing the Every Newborn Action Plan adopted in May 2014 under the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents' Health 2016-30. We are also working to strengthen data avlability and quality related to routine baby care at national and subnational levels.

Indicator Development:

Coordinating with partners on setting indicators that can help assess essential newborn care coverage across nations and regions.

Key Resources and Publications:

• May 2017: WHO Recommations on Newborn Health: Approved Guidelines

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• February 2018: WHO Recommations for Intrapartum Care to Enhance Childbirth Experience

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• March 30, 2022: WHO Guidelines on Maternal and Newborn Care for a Positive Postnatal Experience

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Trning Offerings:

Providing an Essential Newborn Care Course Second Edition that offers updated trning modules to enhance healthcare workers' skills in delivering quality newborn care.

Quality of Care Improvement Tools:

Collaborating with partners worldwide to develop tools med at improving the skillset and delivery standards for quality baby care.

Key Publications:

• July 4, 2016: Standards for Enhancing Maternal and Newborn Care Quality in Health Facilities

This paper highlights significant advancements made over the past two decades in facility-based births yet stresses on continued efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.

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• September 30, 2020: Resource Strategies to Improve Newborn Care in Health Facilities

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Research Engagement:

Partnering with global entities for cutting-edge research into interventions that can enhance routine newborn care.

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Closing

We are dedicated to advancing newborn health across continents and cultures, ensuring that every baby starts their life with the best possible care.
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