To end preventable newborn and child deaths, care for small and sick newborns requires:
- High coverage of quality neonatal services, with family-centered models of care, organized in a network of facilities with a functional referral system
- Sufficient numbers of health-care providers with skills to care for small and sick newborns, working in partnership with parents and families
- Reaching marginalized populations
An example from Burkina Faso showed how a neonatal unit improved care practice through a reorganization of the unit, better infrastructure, and training of staff. NEST 360 presented the Target Product Profiles that they have developed with UNICEF to support the care of newborns in hospitals in low-resource settings.
See also: session 2 of this webinar, on 3 June at 1o am CEST
This is the third webinar in a series on ‘Transforming care for small and sick newborns’, organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
