Despite declines in global mortality rates in infants and children under five years of age in
recent decades, neonatal mortality has remained relatively static. Consequently …

OBJECTIVE. The aim of our population-based study was to compare the mortality and
morbidity of late-preterm infants to those born at term. Advancement in the care of extremely …

Background Preterm birth rate continues to rise around the world mainly at the expense of
late preterm newborns, recently defined as births between the gestational age of 34 weeks …

This second paper in the Born Too Soon supplement presents a review of the epidemiology
of preterm birth, and its burden globally, including priorities for action to improve the data …

Importance Extremely preterm infants contribute disproportionately to neonatal morbidity
and mortality. Objective To review 20-year trends in maternal/neonatal care, complications …

Over the last 2 decades, the survival rate of infants born at≤ 25 weeks of gestation has
increased; however, significant morbidity and disability persist. The commitment for their …

BACKGROUND: Although delivery is widely used for preterm babies failing to thrive in utero,
the effect of altering delivery timing has never been assessed in a randomised controlled …

The Lancet 2020 Campaign1 on child and adolescent health is a welcome call for a
renewed focus on children. With less than a decade remaining to achieve the UN …

Preterm birth (gestational age< 37 weeks) has a worldwide prevalence of nearly 11%, and>
95% of preterm infants who receive modern neonatal and pediatric care now survive into …

Background Premature birth is the leading cause of neonatal death and second leading in
children under 5. Information on outcomes of preterm babies surviving the early neonatal …