Born Thirty Years Too Soon?

Born too small or too soon.

In The Lancet Global Health, Anne Lee and colleagues from the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) make an important contribution to our understanding of the global burden of intrauterine growth restriction. What is new in this work is the evidence that the majority of growth-restricted neonates (assessed with the proxy of small-forgestational-age birth) weigh 2500 g or more at bir...

Born Too Soon: Accelerating actions for prevention and care of 15 million newborns born too soon

Preterm birth complication is the leading cause of neonatal death resulting in over one million deaths each year of the 15 million babies born preterm. To accelerate change, we provide an overview of the comprehensive strategy required, the tools available for context-specifi c health system implementation now, and the priorities for research and innovation. There is an urgent need for action o...

Low-birthweight baby: Born too soon or too small

Research into gut microbiome is being actively pursued now which has been discussed under the section, ‘Interactions of Bile Acids and the Gut Microbiome’. Interactions of bile acid metabolism and gut microbiota in patients with cirrhosis are discussed in this section. Similar hypotheses are being looked at in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma in these...

The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth Born Too Soon

Born Too Soon: Care for the preterm baby

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 those born in high and low income countries is widening, with one million deaths a year due to direct complications of preterm birth, and around one million more where preterm birth is a risk factor, especially amongst...