The Lancet
Aug 02, 2014 Volume 384 Number 9941 p377 – 468 e30 – 31
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Every Newborn: health-systems bottlenecks and strategies to accelerate scale-up in countries
Kim E Dickson, Aline Simen-Kapeu, Mary V Kinney, Luis Huicho, Linda Vesel, Eve Lackritz, Joseph de Graft Johnson, Severin von Xylander, Nuzhat Rafique, Mariame Sylla, Charles Mwansambo, Bernadette Daelmans, Joy E Lawn, for The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group
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Universal coverage of essential interventions would reduce neonatal deaths by an estimated 71%, benefit women and children after the first month, and reduce stillbirths. However, the packages with the greatest effect (care around birth, care of small and ill newborn babies), have low and inequitable coverage and are the most sensitive markers of health system function. In eight of the 13 countries with the most neonatal deaths (55% worldwide), we undertook a systematic assessment of bottlenecks to essential maternal and newborn health care, involving more than 600 experts.

Every Newborn: From evidence to action to deliver a healthy start for the next generation
Elizabeth Mason, Lori McDougall, Joy E Lawn, Anuradha Gupta, Mariam Claeson, Yogan Pillay, Carole Presern, Martina Baye Lukong, Gillian Mann, Marijke Wijnroks, Kishwar Azad, Katherine Taylor, Allison Beattie, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Mickey Chopra, for The Lancet Every Newborn Study Group , on behalf of the Every Newborn Steering Committee
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Remarkable progress has been made towards halving of maternal deaths and deaths of children aged 1–59 months, although the task is incomplete. Newborn deaths and stillbirths were largely invisible in the Millennium Development Goals, and have continued to fall between maternal and child health efforts, with much slower reduction. This Series and the Every Newborn Action Plan outline mortality goals for newborn babies (ten or fewer per 1000 livebirths) and stillbirths (ten or fewer per 1000 total births) by 2035, aligning with A Promise Renewed target for children and the vision of Every Woman Every Child.