Born too soon: the global epidemiology of 15 million preterm births

research National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine pregnancy research support non-u.s. gov't female Infant newborn pregnancy outcome premature* global health affs=[] is_editor=false suffix=none equal_contrib=false) initials='j' initials='a' initials='h' initials='n' initials='p' initials='k' affs=[]) initials='s' initials='m' initials='c' author(firstnames='jeffrey' initials='r' initials='e' author(firstnames='mark' author(firstnames='robert' author(firstnames='andrew' author(firstnames='christopher' initials='z' equal_contrib=false)] lastname='dean' author(firstnames='elizabeth' author(firstnames='jennifer' pmid:24625129 pmc3828585 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-10-s1-s2 hannah blencowe simon cousens collabauthor(name='born too soon preterm birth action group' investigators=[author(firstnames='josé' lastname='belizán' author(firstnames='hannah' lastname='blencowe' author(firstnames='zulfiqar' lastname='bhutta' author(firstnames='sohni' author(firstnames='andres' lastname='de francisco' lastname='howson' author(firstnames='mary' lastname='kinney' lastname='klebanoff' author(firstnames='joy' lastname='lawn' author(firstnames='silke' lastname='mader' lastname='mason' lastname='murray' author(firstnames='pius' lastname='okong' author(firstnames='carmencita' lastname='padilla' lastname='pattinson' lastname='requejo' author(firstnames='craig' lastname='rubens' lastname='serazin' author(firstnames='catherine' lastname='spong' author(firstnames='antoinette' lastname='tshefu' author(firstnames='rexford' lastname='widmer' author(firstnames='khalid' lastname='yunis' author(firstnames='nanbert' lastname='zhong' maternal welfare / trends* premature birth / epidemiology*