Every Newborn Action Plan: two examples of action

As we saw in the maternal week, there has been a massive push to ensure that every pregnant woman and newborn receives an improved standard of quality of care. In addition to this we need improved measurement of core indicators to track this progress, including an accurate counting of births and deaths of women, newborn, and stillbirths.

This step focuses on two of the Every Newborn Action Plan’s milestones to be met by 2020 to ensure that this happens globally.

How is the impact, coverage of care for mothers and newborns, and coverage of complications going to be tracked?