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Global report on preterm birth & stillbirth:
the foundation for innovative solutions and improved outcomes

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of what is known, what needs to be known and what can be done to improve pregnancy outcomes. The report was led by GAPPS and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Seattle Children's.

The full report was published February 23, 2010 with BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Outline

Links to individual articles and video presentations are listed below. The GAPPS' International Investigator team presented key findings from the Global Report at the 2009 International Conference on Prematurity and Stillbirth. To see more presentations from the International Conference visit our Conference Video Archive. A 12 page summary (Report Brief) is provided on the left.

Article 1
Definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data

Joy E Lawn, Michael G Gravett, Toni M Nunes, Craig E Rubens, Cynthia Stanton, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Joy Lawn, BMedSci, MBBS, MRCP (Paeds), MPH
Senior Policy and Research Advisor
Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children

Article 2
Discovery science

Michael G Gravett, Craig E Rubens, Toni M Nunes, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Michael G. Gravett, MD
Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Washington School of Medicine

Article 3
Evidence for effectiveness of interventions

Fernando C Barros, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Maneesh Batra, Thomas N Hansen, Cesar G Victora, Craig E Rubens, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Zulfiqar Bhutta, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, FCPS, PhD
Husein Laljee Dewraj Professor & Chairman of the Department
of Paediatrics & Child Health
Aga Khan University Hospital

Article 4
Delivery of interventions

Cesar G Victora, Craig E Rubens, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Cesar G. Victora, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Article 5
Advocacy barriers and opportunities

Megan Sather, Anne-Véronique Fajon, Rachel Zaentz, Craig E Rubens, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Kaia Lenhart
Senior Vice President
GMMB

Article 6
Ethical considerations

Maureen Kelley, Craig E Rubens, the GAPPS Review Group

Video
Maureen Kelley, PhD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Scholar, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children’s

Article 7
Mobilizing resources to accelerate innovative solutions (Global Action Agenda)

Craig E Rubens, Michael G Gravett, Cesar G Victora, Toni M Nunes, the GAPPS Review Group

Workgroup Presentations and Discussion (Part I)

Video

Ethics Moderator
Cynthia Stanton, PhD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Discovery Moderator
Michael Gravett, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine

Workgroup Presentations and Discussion (Part II)

Video

Development Moderator
Anuraj Shankar, DSc
World Health Organization

Delivery Moderator
Cesar G. Victora, MD, PhD
Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Advocacy/Funding Moderator
Cynthia Stanton, PhD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health