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Mother breastfeeding infant

Covid-19: Maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition

Impact in Europe and Central Asia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia

Files available for download (6)

Report: Europe and Central Asia (PDF, 6 MB)

Country profile: Albania (PDF, 2 MB)

Country profile: Bosnia and Herzegovina (PDF, 1 MB)

Country profile: Kosovo* (PDF, 1 MB)

Country profile: Montenegro (PDF, 2 MB)

Country profile: Serbia (PDF, 2 MB)

Child's hand

150 million babies born preterm in the last decade

Newborn

10 January 2023

A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report

Another 1.9 million babies were tragically stillborn during the same period, according to a separate UN report.

A mother with her new-born baby

04 January 2022

Navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic

How to protect yourself and your baby.

Izidor in mum's and dad's arms

In mum and dad's arms, everything is easier

Investments in intensive neonatal hospital units help premature and seriously ill babies

Woman with her baby

Navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic

How to best protect yourself and your baby.

Baby

28 January 2021

Your first trimester guide

Tips for the first 13 weeks of your pregnancy.

ребенок 27 недель

28 January 2021

Your second trimester guide

Tips for weeks 13 to 28 of your pregnancy.

ребенок 27 недель

22 January 2021

Pregnancy milestones

Your guide to 40 weeks of growing together with your little one.

A child and his mother while waiting to receive medical care

10 September 2020

COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake