This is the sixth annual summary of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular …

Progress in newborn survival has been slow, and even more so for reductions in stillbirths.
To meet Every Newborn targets of ten or fewer neonatal deaths and ten or fewer stillbirths …

Sepsis in early infancy results in one million annual deaths worldwide, most of them in
developing countries. No efficient means of prevention is currently available. Here we report …

Background Previous estimates have highlighted a large global burden of stillbirths, with an
absence of reliable data from regions where most stillbirths occur. The Every Newborn …

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of potentially avoidable
childhood blindness worldwide. We estimated ROP burden at the global and regional levels …

Background: Intrapartum hypoxic events (“birth asphyxia”) may result in stillbirth, neonatal or
postneonatal mortality, and impairment. Systematic morbidity estimates for the burden of …

Background While maternal, infant and under‐five child mortality rates in developing
countries have declined significantly in the past two to three decades, newborn mortality …

As part of a supplement entitled" Born Too Soon", this paper focuses on care of the preterm
newborn. An estimated 15 million babies are born preterm, and the survival gap between …

Background Of 136 million babies born annually, around 10 million require assistance to
breathe. Each year 814,000 neonatal deaths result from intrapartum-related events in term …

In this first paper of The Lancet's Stillbirths Series we explore the present status of stillbirths
in the world—from global health policy to a survey of community perceptions in 135 …