Newborn health

Mother and newborn baby at the Osh Regional Maternity Hospital in Kyrgyzstan.

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New Year’s Babies: Over 15,700 children will be born in parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia on New Year’s Day

As the calendar turns to 2019, UNICEF calls on nations to meet every newborn’s right to health and survival

01/01/2019

Mother Bayarmaa with her baby Uuriintsolmon (2 weeks), in her living room in Murun, Mongolia on the 1st of March 2018.

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Every Child ALIVE

Make saving newborn lives a part of your New Year's resolution for 2019!

01/01/2019

Ana Ivanovic speaking with mothers at a neonatal care unit in Serbia.

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Ana Ivanovic Visits Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Ana Ivanovic, National Ambassador for UNICEF in Serbia, visits Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

26/12/2018

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Nearly 30 million sick and premature newborns in dire need of treatment every year

Global coalition calls for better care and stronger legislation to save babies on the brink of death

14/12/2018

Newly born baby in a clinic in Stepanevan Armenia in 2018.

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Saving new-born lives in Armenia

Equipping health workers with the knowledge and skills to save new-born lives

08/11/2018

Patronage nurses visit families with infants from 0 to 1 year old in Oskemen city, East Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan.

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Astana Global Conference on Primary Health Care

A renewed commitment to primary health care to achieve universal health coverage

25/10/2018

14th May 2018: 18 month old baby Kim Hyang Jong in Jongju City Hospital, DPR Korea, with her mother.

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New Global Commitment to Primary Health Care for all at Astana Conference

Declaration of Astana charts course to achieve universal health coverage, 40 years since declaration on primary health care in Alma-Ata

25/10/2018

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Media advisory: Global conference on primary health care

World Leaders to declare historic commitment to primary health care and health for all in Astana between 25-26 October 2018

09/10/2018

A mother is breastfeeding her baby at the meeting of the Breastfeeding Support Group at the Health Center in Bjelovar, Croatia.

Report

Capture the moment

Early initiation of breastfeeding: The best start for every newborn

30/07/2018

A mother and a father with new born baby in Yerevan

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3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life

Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives

31/07/2018

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