Identifying women giving birth preterm and care at the time of birth: a prospective audit of births at six hospitals in India, Kenya, Pakistan and Uganda

• Main Authors: Eleanor J. Mitchell (Author), Santosh Benjamin (Author), Sam Ononge (Author), James Ditai (Author), Zahida Qureshi (Author), Shabeen Naz Masood (Author), Diane Whitham (Author), Peter J. Godolphin (Author), Lelia Duley (Author), on behalf of the "iCord Collaborative Group" (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, 15 million infants are born preterm each year, and 1 million die due to complications of prematurity. Over 60% of preterm births occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. Care at birth for premature infants may be critical for survival and long term outcome. We conduc...