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Preterm labour and birth

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Complications from preterm birth, defined as occurring before 37 weeks of gestation, are the leading cause of death among children under five. Rates of preterm birth range from 4-16% globally, leading to approximately 900,000 deaths per year, mainly in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Three-quarters of these deaths could be prevented with low-cost interventions such as antenatal steroids, labour-delaying drugs, antibiotics, and family education and counselling. The causes of preterm labour and birth are not fully understood, but can include infection, chronic diseases, and genetic predisposition.  

This Collection welcomes original research on the prevalence, causes, and treatment of preterm labour and birth, with an eye towards reducing the global toll of this phenomenon.  

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Fook-Choe Cheah, MD, MMed (Paeds), FRACP, FRCPCH, PhD, FASc, Professor and Consultant Neonatologist, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fook-Choe Cheah is currently the Professor and Senior Consultant in neonatology at the Department of Paediatrics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur. Professor Cheah is an active researcher and the principal investigator of fundamental and translational research projects focusing on intrauterine infections in prematurity, besides being the lead in numerous clinical collaborative trials with international centres on various aspects of management of the preterm infant, such as, stabilisation and resuscitation, ventilation, and nutritional care. His academic contributions include, collectively about 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters such as Lung Disease of the Preterm Infant and Effects of Intrauterine Infection, Research Model Innovations in Advancing Neonatal Care, Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants, and Evidence-based Clinical Practice in Feeding the Preterm Infant. Prof. Cheah has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.
 

Pankaj Goyal, PhD, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India
Professor Pankaj Goyal is a Professor at the Central University of Rajasthan, India. His research interests primarily revolve around comprehending signaling pathways in the regulation of trophoblast functions, placental development, and cancer. Additionally, his current research endeavors are concentrated on unraveling the role of STK35 family kinases and cofilins in various human diseases. Furthermore, Prof. Goyal has been serving as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2016.


Sandra E. Reznik, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, USA
Director of Perinatal Pathology and Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Sandra Reznik is a Professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY and the Director of the Perinatal Pathology section and a Clinical Associate Professor in the departments of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Her research is focused on drug development for preterm birth. Dr. Reznik  has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.