Child health
Child health and development is an important aspect of public health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
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Newborn health
A newborn infant, or neonate, is a child under 28 days of life, the child is at highest risk of dying.
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Adolescent health
Adolescents – young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years – are often thought of as a healthy group.
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Highlights
Progress in adolescent health reported to Seventieth World Health Assembly
1 June 2017
Sudan first country to scale up IMCI Computerized Adaptation and Training Tool ICATT in the Region
1 June 2017
More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable
16 May 2017
Tools and resources
Count down to 2015 decade report (2000-2010): taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival
Level and trends in child mortality 2015
Maternal and child health initiatives
Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescent health 2016–2030
Monitoring visualization tool for the Global action plan for pneumonia and diarrhoea