The Long Road to Newborn Survival: Working with Parents, Families and Communities to Reduce Preventable Neonatal Deaths

At the close of the millennium development goals it was realised that the neonatal mortality contributed to 44% of the under 5 mortality so as the world moves forward with the sustainable development goals every effort must be made to reduce neonatal mortality. This led to the development of every woman every newborn strategy and the action plans to achieve reduction in maternal and newborn mortality. The following review takes the community component of the “Every newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths” and suggests what can be done to ensure newborn survival.