The Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics was designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in 1997. The Centre has made significant contribution towards promotion of newborn health at the national and international level. We have worked closely with the Government of India, several state governments, Indian Council of Medical Research, National Neonatology Forum, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Nursing and Medical Schools and NGO's. We are privileged to have been associated with a wide range of neonatal health initiatives of the World Health Organization through the India Country Office, the South East Asia Regional Office as well as the HQ's at Geneva. We have collaborated actively with UNICEF, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, the Rotary International and several leading Universities in North America. It is an honour for us to be able to contribute to newborn health with partners in DPR Korea, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Maldives, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bhutan.
The spectrum of our work spans from training and education, tools development research, advocacy, policy and
dissemination thereof. The areas of special focus include Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood
Illness, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Newborn Nursing, Kangaroo Mother Care, Neonatal–Perinatal Database
and Networking, home and community-based newborn care, technologies for maternal newborn health and newborn
health programming within the maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) continuum.