Resources
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)
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)
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
