Regional Consultation on Every Newborn Action Plan

30th August –1stSeptemberKathmandu, Nepal

Regional Consultation Workshop on Every Newborn Action Plan

Overall aim of the consultation

To deliberate on country specific and regional bottlenecks and solutions for newborn health and survival in Asia and provide concrete inputs to the Every Newborn Action Plan.

Share country analyses of programme implementation, bottlenecks and solutions

Compile regional inputs for the Every Newborn Action Plan based on country-specific analyses of bottlenecks

Review the Every Newborn draft document and consolidate regional feedback and recommendations.

Review proposed global maternal and newborn targets and to discuss regional targets.

Launch the Regional Technical Advisory Group on Maternal and Newborn Health for South Asia (Regional TAG for MNH)

Including HOST “Nepal”99 Delegates representing Ministries of Health , Planning commissions, Research institutions & Universities and civil society organizations

Partners including UNICEF, USAID, WHO , Save the Children , Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GAPPS, PMNCH,, and World Vision

Regional Consultation Workshop on Every Newborn Action Plan

Afghanistan 9 Pakistan 8Bangladesh 12 Sri Lanka 4China 5 Nepal 21India 10 Thailand 4Indonesia 8

BMGF -1 GAPPS - 1 PMNCH - 1 Save the Children – 3 UNICEF EAPRO – 1 UNICEF HQ - 2 UNICEF ROSA - 2USAID - 3 WHO - 2 World Vision - 2