Kazakhstan leads Central Asia in newborn care, reports lowest neonatal mortality rate

05.08.2026

According to a joint report by the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the United Nations, and the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME), Kazakhstan's neonatal mortality rate (during the first 28 days of life) stood at 3.04 per 1,000 live births in 2025. This is the...