Child Mortality Highlights China’s Urban-Rural Divide
China
HNN Team
Pneumonia, birth asphyxia, and pre-term birth complications were the leading causes of death in children under 5, the researchers said in a paper published on Friday in the Lancet.
Tissue bank to study “invisible” stillbirths
US researchers have begun collecting tissue samples from thousands of pregnant women in an effort to learn what causes stillbirths
HEALTH: Addressing Preterm Births Crucial to Anti-Poverty Goals
HNN Team
Reducing the annual 13 million preterm births and 3.2 million stillbirths should be a global public health priority
When a stillborn is not
IRIN reports on a US-funded study that tracked 120,000 births in rural communities over two years to learn the impact of birth-attendant training on newborn survival.