... and the creation of a supportive environ-ment for maternal and newbornhealth based on respect for the rights of women and children.To this end, the final chapter of The State of the World’s Children ... the first 28days of life. Three quarters of neonatal deaths take place in the first seven days, the early neonatalperiod; most of these are also preventable.22 THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN ... IndiaUnited Nations Children’s Fund, The State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008, UNICEF, New York, May2008, pp. 20, 53; United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child survival,UNICEF,...