TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Newborn Week – November 15 to 21

November 19 , 2022 742 days 494 0
  • This week aims to reinforce the importance of neonatal health as a priority area of the health sector.
  • It aims to reduce infant mortality by improving health care conditions for infants in the neonatal period.
  • The theme of this week is ‘Safety, Quality and Nurturing Care – Every Newborn’s Birth Right’.
  • India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) was launched in September 2014.
  • It aims for accelerating the reduction of preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths in the country – with the goal of attaining ‘Single Digit Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (NMR) by 2030’ and ‘Single Digit Still Birth Rate (SBR) by 2030’.

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