Every newborn progress report 2019

Overview

The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) is based on the latest epidemiology, and on evidence of essential interventions and steps towards effective programme implementation at country level. ENAP sets out a clear path
to 2020, with specific milestones and necessary changes, to enable substantial reductions in mortality rates and to
improve maternal and newborn health by 2030.

ENAP is fundamental to achieving the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s Every child alive campaign and the “triple billion” targets of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s 13th General Programme of Work.

There is strong evidence of significant progress. Since 2015, countries have been adopting the Every Newborn tracking tool to chart progress towards the 2020 milestones.

This report presents data from 90 countries collated in 2018 using the tracking tool. Monitoring progress helps to identify current needs and gaps related to each of the Every Newborn milestones; this progress report is published to increase understanding and to help coordinate our efforts to improve maternal and newborn health and to end preventable stillbirths.