CE158/INF/12 - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Neonatal Health within the Continuum of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Care: Final Report

In 2008, the 48th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved the Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Neonatal Health within the Continuum of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Care.

In 2015, when the implementation period of the strategy and plan of action came to a close, an evaluation of the specific activities, outcomes, and successful experiences was launched, based on the indicators established in the design. The final analysis was conducted at the regional and country level, with particular importance assigned to the countries named as priorities in the strategy. 

The data on neonatal mortality and its contribution to child mortality were obtained from indirect estimates prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation from 1990 to 2015 (considering the last available year as the endpoint) and from secondary sources.