Every newborn progress report 2015

Overview

One year since the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) was endorsed at the 67th World Health Assembly, 15 of 18 low-resource countries identified as having the highest newborn mortality rates have taken action to improve maternal and newborn care around the time of birth and to save lives. The Every Newborn Progress Report provides a concise summary of these activities and more since the endorsement of ENAP which set clear direction for investing to ensure newborn survival and prevent stillbirths, and laid out targets for countries to meet by 2035.

To meet these achievable goals, at least four countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia and Pakistan – have finalized national newborn action plans and an additional six countries – Namibia, Philippines, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia – have improved their health programs to save the lives of women and newborns. Additional countries, including Bangladesh, Botswana, Malawi, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal and Nigeria, are in the process of developing their own national newborn action plans, and others, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar and Nepal are refining existing plans to include strategies to save newborns.