Journal of Global Health (Jun 2012)

Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from preterm birth and low birth

  • Rajiv Bahl Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland,
  • Jose Martines ,
  • Nita Bhandari ,
  • Zrinka Biloglav ,
  • Karen Edmond ,
  • Sharad Iyengar ,
  • Michael Kramer ,
  • Joy E. Lawn ,
  • D. S. Manandhar ,
  • Rintaro Mori ,
  • Kathleen M. Rasmussen ,
  • H. P. S. Sachdev ,
  • Nalini Singhal ,
  • Mark Tomlinson ,
  • Cesar Victora ,
  • Anthony F. Williams ,
  • Kit Yee Chan ,
  • Igor Rudan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.02.010403
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 56 – 64

Abstract

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This paper aims to identify health research priorities that could improve the rate of progress in reducing global neonatal mortality from preterm birth and low birth weight (PB/LBW), as set out in the UN's Millennium Development Goal 4.

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