Introducing the Vulnerable Newborns Series: Multi-country analyses to advance measurement related to preterm births and small-for-gestational age

Originally published on BJOG: Vulnerable Newborns: multi-country analyses to advance measurement related to preterm births and small-for-gestational age: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (wiley.com) Written by: Prof. Aris Papageorghiou   Each year an estimated 1.9 million babies are stillborn after 28 weeks gestation, while 2.3 million live-born infants...

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For Eva Nangalo, saving mothers and babies is a calling

This blog was originally posted on Gates Notes.  She’s a midwife, teacher, and advocate—and she’s changing childbirth in Uganda. Officially, Uganda’s maternal mortality rate is double the global average. But because that number doesn’t count those who give birth at home—in a country where poverty, distance, stigma, and distrust are...

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