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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796 000children under 5 still die in the Region each year
Nearly 429 000newborns died in 2020 in the Region
53% of all deaths in children under 5 were among newborns
Highlights
Caring for the newborn at home initiative in Syria
5 April 2022
The implementation of early essential newborn care in the Gaza Strip to decrease neonatal mortality rates
5 April 2022
Tools and resources
Count down to 2030 (2017 report) Tackling progress towards Universal coverage for women’s, children’s and Adolescents’ health
Levels and trends in child mortality IGME 2021
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