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This brief and its companion on early and exclusive breastfeeding address key elements of “essential newborn care,” important routine care practices regardless of place of birth. While these two aspects of care are particularly potent determinants of newborn survival, they have received disproportionately little program attention. These documents serve primarily to present an epidemiologic argument for increased prioritization.

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