Every Newborn Toolkit

This tool from the global initiative Every Newborn aims to support countries with a roadmap, "Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths", by improving quality care at the time of birth and support for small and sick babies through the scale up of high-impact, cost-effective interventions for newborns. "The process started with consultations in multiple high-burden countries to gain better understanding of context and specific bottlenecks for scale up. Every Newborn brings together this country learning with the latest global available knowledge on effective interventions and delivery approaches, enabling policymakers and program managers to take action to accelerate progress." In addition to the multi-stakeholder consultations and an online consultation, the plan takes into account "all inputs as well as findings from The Lancet Every Newborn Series published in May 2014."


"Overview

• Every Newborn brief: This two-page brief describes the background, audience, development plan and emerging themes for the Every Newborn action plan. It offers a useful introduction to the plan for potential partners who are considering participation in a national or global planning or advocacy.
• Frequently asked questions: A compilation of FAQs on the who, what and why of the Every Newborn Action Plan, with information on the process of development of the Plan and resources available to support the Every Newborn effort.
• Overview of Every Newborn: A brief PowerPoint presentation providing background information on the development of the Every Newborn Action Plan.

Resources to support action

• The draft Action Plan: The Every Newborn action plan underwent revision following the consultation in February 2014. View the plan to be discussed at the World Health Assembly and the consultation platform including open comments and responses to overarching themes here.
• Communications Pack: This Every Newborn action plan (ENAP) Communications Pack content is designed to help raise the key issues and profile of newborn and maternal health with opinion-makers and key media all of which will help support on-going advocacy initiatives.
• Advocacy resources: Provides advocacy information and resources for groups and organisations to use as they engage governments in support of Every Newborn.
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Every Newborn events calendar: This calendar presents key global, regional and country events and dates that will feature activity for developing and taking forward the Every Newborn plan.
• Library on newborn health: This document details selected newborn-related global and regional strategies, publications, and resource. These resources can also be used to inform the newborn component of policies, strategies and guidelines as well as assist in the country consultation on the Every Newborn plan and the bottleneck analysis.

Tools

• Newborn Health Tools: Some key analytical tools relating to newborn health are provided to encourage use of evidence and data to inform the newborn component.
• Every Newborn bottleneck analysis tool: This tool aims to support countries analyse health system bottlenecks and challenges preventing the scale up of high-impact, cost-effective interventions for newborns and identify solutions."

The process of drafting the Every Newborn action plan has been undertaken by a broad group of partners, coordinated by UNICEF and the World Health Organization and including The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children/Saving Newborn Lives, the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirths, Aga Khan University and Centre for Global Child Health, UNFPA, and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. This process is supported by a wide group of involved constituents including governments, health professional associations, academic institutions, multi-lateral and bilateral agencies, foundations, the private sector and civil society, including women’s and parents’ groups.