Each year almost four million children die in the neonatal period (0-28 days). This is the single largest group of child deaths, yet they have received remarkably little policy attention, partly due to the lack of robust epidemiological information. Indeed, many global agencies do not list any causes of neonatal death on their standard list of major "child killers." Significant reductions in neonatal deaths are essential to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4: to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. This series of published papers sought to influence international planning to address the burden of neonatal deaths by: - Defining where, when, and why neonates die
- Identifying proven, cost-effective interventions and estimating the number of neonatal deaths that could be averted and at what cost
- Providing a framework for scaling up newborn care
- Calling for global action to address neonatal mortality
Publications: Haws RA, Thomas AL, Bhutta ZA, Darmstadt GL. (2007). Impact of packaged interventions on neonatal health: A review of the evidence. Health Policy Plan, 22, 4, 193-215. Darmstadt GL, Walker N, Lawn JE, Bhutta ZA, Haws RA, Cousens S. (2008). Saving newborn lives in Asia and Africa: cost and impact of phased scale-up of interventions within the continuum of care. Health Policy and Planning, 23, 2, 101-17. Lawn JE, Cousens S, Zupan J; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. 4 million neonatal deaths: When? where? why? Lancet. 2005 Mar 5-11;365(9462):891-900. Darmstadt GL, Bhutta ZA, Cousens S, Adam T, Walker N, de Bernis L; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: How many newborn babies can we save? Lancet. 2005 Mar 12-18;365(9463):977-88. Haws RA, Thomas AL, Bhutta ZA, Darmstadt GL. Impact of packaged interventions on neonatal health: A review of the evidence. 2007 May 25. Health Policy Plan. Knippenberg R, Lawn JE, Darmstadt GL, Begkoyian G, Fogstad H, Walelign N, Paul VK; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. Systematic scaling up of neonatal care in countries. Lancet. 2005 Mar 19-25;365(9464):1087-98. Martines J, Paul VK, Bhutta ZA, Koblinsky M, Soucat A, Walker N, Bahl R, Fogstad H, Costello A; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. Neonatal survival: A call for action. Lancet. 2005 Mar 26-Apr 1;365(9465):1189-97. Lawn JE, Cousens S, Darmstadt GL, Bhutta ZA, Martines J, Paul VK, Knippenberg R, Fogstad H; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. 1 year after The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series – was the call for action heard? Lancet. 2006 May 6;367(9521):1541-7. |
