Jane Hirst, Nuffield Medical Fellow, University of Oxford, INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium
Preterm birth, or birth before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy, is now the greatest single cause of mortality in children less than 5 years old and is associated with long-term morbidity in survivors. It has been estimated that approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely every year, accounting for 11% of births worldwide… read more