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Introduction and timeline of the pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread from a local outbreak to a global pandemic within months. As of 29 June 2020, over 10 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 499,000 deaths have been...

Summary Due to the multiple pathways through which poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) may adversely impact maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes, the time to act has arrived. This briefing paper documents the state of the evidence on WASH and MNH and the Sanitation and Hygiene...

Abstract Maternal and newborn health is a high priority for global health and is included among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, the slow decline in maternal and newborn mortality jeopardizes MDG achievements; according to UNICEF, 60 million women give birth outside of health...

Infographics on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme poverty and stunting.

United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Report 2019. Tremendous progress in child survival has been made over the past two decades. And yet, one child or young adolescent died every five seconds in 2018. The vast majority of these deaths (85 per cent) occur in the...

Newborn Numbers can be used to inform policy, programs and service delivery. Download the most recent maternal, newborn and child health data by country. This comprehensive excel database includes all newborn numbers, including estimates of neonatal deaths, share of under-5 deaths that are neonatal...

UNICEF Global Data for Antenatal Care. There are wide disparities in antenatal care across countries. There are wide disparities in antenatal care across countries The lowest levels of antenatal care are observed in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Regular contact with a doctor, nurse or midwife...

UNICEF Global Data for Maternal Mortality. Maternal mortality declined by 38 per cent between 2000 and 2017 Maternal mortality refers to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. From 2000 to 2017, the global maternal mortality ratio declined by 38 per cent – from 342 deaths to 211...