PHM-Exch> Fwd: Add your voice! Join the online Global Consultation for Every Newborn Coverage Targets 2020-2025

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: WHO MCA <mncah at who.int>



Dear Colleagues,

To accelerate progress to reach mortality targets by 2030, it is important
that the coverage targets for key aspects of newborn health to achieve
Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals are set. In
order provide this clear vision to countries, the Every Newborn Management
Team, chaired by WHO and UNICEF, have reviewed evidence and data in order
to propose newborn coverage targets to achieve by 2025.

The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) was endorsed by 194 countries at the
World Health Assembly in 2014 (WHA 67.10).There are now more than 90
countries working to implement the recommendations of the Action Plan, a
road map for action to end preventable newborn mortality and preventable
stillbirth. With recommendations of what countries can do better to reduce
mortality and morbidity and close equity gaps, the Every Newborn Action
Plan included the following:
1.     Newborn mortality & Stillbirth reduction targets by 2030 with
progress review in 2020 and 2025.
2.     Coverage targets for universal health coverage by 2030
with progress review in 2020 and 2025
3.     Country and global milestones or actions by 2020.

Since the Every Newborn resolution WHA 67.10 was adopted in 2014, the
Sustainable Development Goals and Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s
and Adolescents Health have been developed and endorsed; the newborn
mortality target is in both and the stillbirth target is in the Global
Strategy. Universal Health Coverage targets also prioritise the importance
of the life-course approach and a healthy start. The target year is now
clearly 2030, whereas in 2014 we were uncertain between 2030 and 2035,
so ENAP included both years. Therefore, no change is needed for the
mortality targets, other than leaving out the 2035 one.

Countries are actively implementing the recommendations set out in ENAP and
tracking progress. Many countries are making steady progress and more than
78 have set neonatal mortality reduction targets, but there remain crucial
challenges. Humanitarian and fragile settings are the most left behind.
Stillbirth targets have been set in <30 countries with attention and
progress still lacking. New opportunities have arisen with a major focus
and innovation for hospital care of small and sick newborns, which is
essential to reach the Sustainable Development Goal NMR target of 12,
meaning a crucial need for systematic implementation learning between
countries. Improving and using routine data to drive coverage and quality
is crucial over the next decade.

By setting and ensuring progress to collectively agree coverage targets, we
can hold each other to account to end preventable deaths and improve
newborn health, the foundation of lifelong health and development. Our hope
is that all of us will input to shape these targets and will also work to
help accelerate progress.

In the development phase of the original ENAP, an inclusive consultation
process was undertaken and this online global consultation on coverage
targets for 2020-2025 aims to have the same inclusiveness and transparency.

You are invited to voice your preferred coverage targets by completing
the online consultation here
<https://who.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d87ec5f54a588a38652567e03&id=e2f18c2844&e=697275e04f>

A Question Guide is provided to support the completion of the
consultation. Please find the Question Guide here
<https://who.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d87ec5f54a588a38652567e03&id=4b928e701e&e=697275e04f>


The closing date to complete the online consultation is February 28 2020.

Thank you very much for your time to read this background email and to
complete the consultation.
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