Antenatal corticosteroids for early preterm birth: implementation strategy lessons from the WHO ACTION-I trial

• Main Authors: Ayesha De Costa (Author), Olufemi T. Oladapo (Author), Shuchita Gupta (Author), Anayda Portela (Author), Joshua P. Vogel (Author), Joao Paulo Souza (Author), Suman Rao (Author), Nicole Minckas (Author), Özge Tuncalp (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Fernando Althabe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The WHO ACTION-I trial, the largest placebo-controlled trial on antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) efficacy and safety to date, reaffirmed the benefits of ACS on mortality reduction among early preterm newborns in low-income settings. We discuss here lessons learned from ACTION-I trial that ar...