
Introducing the Vulnerable Newborns Series: Multi-country analyses to advance measurement related to preterm births and small-for-gestational age
Each year an estimated 1.9 million babies are stillborn after 28 weeks gestation, while 2.3 million live-born infants perish within the first 28 days of life. Low birthweight (LBW), defined as being below 2500g, has been used for a century as a marker of newborn vulnerability. However, LBW can be...
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