Population-Based Estimation of the Preterm Birth Rate in Lilongwe, Malawi: Making Every Birth Count

• Main Authors: Kathleen M. Antony (Author), Peter N. Kazembe (Author), Ryan M. Pace (Author), Judy Levison (Author), Henry Phiri (Author), Grace Chiudzu (Author), Ronald Alan Harris (Author), Rose Chirwa (Author), Mary Nyondo (Author), Ellina Marko (Author), Andrew Chigayo (Author), Debora Nanthuru (Author), Bertha Banda (Author), Nicholas Twyman (Author), Susan M. Ramin (Author), Susan P. Raine (Author), Michael A. Belfort (Author), Kjersti M. Aagaard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective The objective of this study was to perform a population-based estimation of the preterm birth (PTB) rate in regions surrounding Lilongwe, Malawi. Study Design We partnered with obstetrician specialists, community health workers, local midwives, and clinicians in a 50 km region surrounding...