National Newborn Week to Be Noticed from Nov. 15–21 Below Theme “Newborn Safety: Every Touch, Every Time, Every Baby”

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 15 November 2025

The National Newborn Week (NNW) shall be noticed throughout the nation from November 15 to 21 with the theme “Newborn Safety: Every Touch, Every Time, Every Baby.” The theme underscores the pressing have to prioritize new child security at each stage of care, a problem of essential significance in India’s well being panorama.

Health officers have emphasised that the neonatal interval stays essentially the most susceptible part in a baby’s life, with a major variety of mortality and morbidity circumstances nonetheless reported every year on account of preventable causes similar to infections and unsafe care practices.

As a part of the observance, the general public has been urged to cooperate with Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) throughout their neighborhood visits. These visits will give attention to follow-up assessments of all newborns, notably low beginning weight infants and infants lately discharged from Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUs).

The week-long initiative goals to bolster a tradition of security — whether or not by way of the actions of well being staff, the involvement of oldsters, or strengthened hospital programs. The message is obvious: each child have to be protected, each process have to be secure, and each choice have to be taken with utmost care and vigilance.