Progress on Early Essential Newborn Care in the Western Pacific Region, but Millions of newborn infants remain at risk
- Written by Reporters
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Media OutReach - 16 November 2017 - Worldwide, 15 million babies are born preterm and more than a million die as a result. This World Prematurity Day, 17 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) strives to raise awareness about a major contributor to newborn deaths - early separation from the mother after birth.
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