Pakistan has an unacceptably high burden of neonatal mortality with 40 lives lost per 1000 live births, each year from largely preventable causes. To confront this crisis, the Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) at the Aga Khan University (AKU) united policymakers, clinicians, researchers, and development partners for a national seminar titled Accelerating Newborn Survival and Care in Pakistan. The seminar highlighted persistent gaps in availability, quality, and equitable coverage of essential services for newborns, and aligned practical, evidence-based actions to save newborn lives nationwide. This includes focusing on district-level solutions, strengthening advanced support i.e. level II care, and a rapid scale-up of proven practices across provinces and regions. “There is an urgent need to reduce disparities in newborn care across provinces and districts,” said Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Founding Director of IGHD. “Simple, proven practices like helping babies breathe, supporting breastfeeding, and skin-to-skin care can save countless newborn lives and improve maternal health.”