The large majority of newborn deaths (80 per cent) are due to complications related to preterm birth, intrapartum events such as birth asphyxia, or infections such as sepsis or pneumonia. However, this decline of 52 per cent is slower than the rate of decline among children under five year of age (70 per cent). The result is a drop in neonatal deaths worldwide from 5.0 million in 1990 to 2.4 million in 2019. Neonatal mortality is on the decline globally with the worldРІР‚в„ўs neonatal mortality rate falling from 37 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 17 per 1,000 live births in 2019. Despite ongoing challenges, major progress has been made in improving neonatal survival. In 2019, an estimated 2.4 million children died in their first month of life, which is approximately 6,700 newborns every day, with about a third of all neonatal deaths occurring within the first day after birth, and close to three-quarters occurring within the first week of life. This makes focus on newborn care more critically than ever before. As mortality among children under five declines globally, deaths among these children are more and more concentrated in the first days of life. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaР”Вeaths in the first month of life, which are mostly preventable, represent 47 per cent of total deaths among children under five (2019 estimates).Data by Topic and Country keyboard_arrow_down

Essential intrapartum newborn care