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.
Editors
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Fook-Choe Cheah, MD, MMed (Paeds), FRACP, FRCPCH, PhD, FASc
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Pankaj Goyal, PhD
Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India
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Sandra E. Reznik, MD, PhD
St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, USA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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