May
20, 2014 - Following The Lancet Neonatal Survival
Series in 2005, this Every Newborn Series presents the clearest picture so far
of the ongoing slow progress in newborn survival, provides new focus beyond
survival, and combines research and reality in countries to set target for
post-2015 to ensure that every newborn has a healthy start in life. Every year,
2·9 million newborn babies die from largely preventable causes, and 2·6 million
more are stillborn.
The five papers advocate a specific focus: facility-based care around the
time of birth. This is the time when most deaths occur and when most lives can
be saved, and long-term disabilities averted, through higher coverage of
effective interventions. This strategy requires responsive health systems that
are equipped with lifesaving commodities and staffed with health workers who
can deliver high-quality and timely skilled care, including emergency obstetric
care and interventions for small and ill newborn babies.
The world we want
for every newborn child
Richard Horton and Udani Samarasekera
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Survival
convergence: bringing maternal and newborn health together for 2015 and beyond
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Integration and
innovation to advance newborn survival
Seth Berkley, Mark Dybul, Tore Godal, Anthony Lake
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Newborn health: a
revolution in waiting
Melinda Gates and Agnes Binagwaho
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Every Newborn: the
professional organisations’ perspective
Karen New, Andreas Konstantopoulos, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran,
Frances Day-Stirk
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Newborn health
research priorities beyond 2015
Sachiyo Yoshida, Igor Rudan, Joy E Lawn, Stephen Wall, João
Paulo Souza, José Martines, Rajiv Bahl, and members of the neonatal health
research priority setting group
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Who has been caring
for the baby?
Gary L Darmstadt, Mary V Kinney, Mickey Chopra, Simon
Cousens, Lily Kak, Vinod K Paul, Jose Martines, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Joy E Lawn,
for The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group
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Progress,
priorities, and potential beyond survival
Joy E Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Shefali Oza,, Danzhen You, Anne
CC Lee, Peter Waiswa, Marek Lalli
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Can available
interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths,
and at what cost?
Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das, Rajiv Bahl, Joy E Lawn, Rehana
A Salam, Vinod K Paul, Jeeva M Sankar, Hannah Blencowe, Arjumand Rizvi,
Victoria B Chou, Neff Walker, for The Lancet Newborn Interventions Review Group
and The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group
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Health-systems
bottlenecks and strategies to accelerate scale-up in countries
Kim E Dickson, Aline Simen-Kapeu, Mary V Kinney, Luis
Huicho, Linda Vesel, Eve Lackritz, Joseph de Graft Johnson, Severin von
Xylander, Nuzhat Rafique, Mariame Sylla, Charles Mwansambo, Bernadette
Daelmans, Joy E Lawn, for The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group
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From evidence to
action to deliver a healthy start for the next generation
Elizabeth Mason, Lori McDougall, Joy E Lawn, Anuradha Gupta,
Mariam Claeson, Yogan Pillay, Carole Presern, Martina Baye Lukong, Gillian
Mann, Marijke Wijnroks, Kishwar Azad, Katherine Taylor, Allison Beattie,
Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Mickey Chopra, for The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group, on
behalf of the Every Newborn Steering Committee
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