Child and adolescent health and development

Special supplement in Journal of Perinatology

WHO/P. Virot

Approximately one million newborn deaths could be avoided every year through the promotion of optimal newborn care practices at home. To be most effective, these interventions need site-specific information on existing newborn practices, barriers and facilitating factors for adopting optimal practices. They also need to reach those who are the decision-makers in the family in a convincing and motivating way.