We are seeking to accelerate achievement of the Every Newborn goals by launching a Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Preterm Birth. The Partnership will set an ambitious goal – to halve preterm birth rates over a five-year period, with an initial strategic geographic focus on the three countries with the largest numbers of newborn deaths from preterm complications: India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Together, these countries account for an estimated five million or one-third of all preterm births globally and an astounding 480,000 or 50% of all deaths from preterm birth complications. In these three countries, the partnership will focus on those sub-national populations with the highest numbers of newborn deaths, specifically in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India, the Nigerian states of Kano, Kaduna and Katsina and in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.
Presentations
- Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Preterm Birth, Dr. Christopher Howson, March of Dimes, Leith Greenslade, MDG Health Alliance
- Preventing Preterm Birth: What Can Be Done With What We Know?, Dr. Jim Litch, GAPPS