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Quality maternal and newborn care to ensure a healthy start for every newborn in the W orld H ealth O rganization W estern P acific R egion
Author(s) -
Obara H,
Sobel H
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.12943
Subject(s) - medicine , quality (philosophy) , health care , nursing , family medicine , pediatrics , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology , economics
In the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, the high rates of births attended by skilled health personnel ( SHP ) do not equal access to quality maternal or newborn care. ‘A healthy start for every newborn’ for 23 million annual births in the region means that SHP and newborn care providers give quality intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care. WHO and the UNICEF Regional Action Plan for Healthy Newborn Infants provide a platform for countries to scale‐up Early Essential Newborn Care ( EENC ). The plan emphasises the creation of an enabling environment for the practice of EENC ; thereby, preventing 50 000 newborn deaths annually.