Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth
2 MAY 2012 - NEW YORK
Contributors to Born Too Soon
Editors
- Christopher Howson, March of Dimes, United States
- Joy Lawn, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Mary Kinney,Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
Author teams (by chapter)
Chapter 1. Preterm birth matters
- Christopher Howson, March of Dimes, United States
- Mary Kinney, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Joy Lawn, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
Chapter 2. 15 million preterm births
- Hannah Blencowe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- Simon Cousens, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- Doris Chou, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Mikkel Z. Oestergaard, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Laly Say, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Ann-Beth Moller, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Mary Kinney, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Joy Lawn, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
Chapter 3. Care before and between pregnancy
- Sohni Dean, Aga Khan University, Division of Women and Child Health, Pakistan
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Aga Khan University, Division of Women and Child Health, Pakistan and Canada
- Elizabeth Mary Mason, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Christopher Howson, March of Dimes, USA
- Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Zohra S. Lassi, Aga Khan University, Division of Women and Child Health, Pakistan
- Ayesha Imam, Aga Khan University, Division of Women and Child Health, Pakistan
Chapter 4. Care during pregnancy and childbirth
- Jennifer Requejo, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Mario Merialdi, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Fernando Althabe, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
- Matthais Keller, University Hospital, Essen Germany
- Joanne Katz, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Ramkumar Menon, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA
Chapter 5. Care for the preterm baby
- Joy Lawn, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Ruth Davidge, PMB Metro, NNASA (Neonatal Nurses Association of Southern Africa), South Africa
- Vinod Paul, All India Institute for Medical Sciences, India
- Severin von Xylander, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Joseph de Graft Johnson, MCHIP, USA
- Anthony Costello, University College, London UK
- Mary Kinney, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Joel Segre, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
- Elizabeth Molyneux, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital/Malawi Medical School, Malawi
Chapter 6. Actions: everyone has a role to play
- Mary Kinney, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Christopher Howson, March of Dimes, United States
- Joy Lawn, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Eve Lackritz, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, an Initiative of Seattle Children's, USA
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Aga Khan University, Division of Women and Child Health, Pakistan and Canada
- Hannah Blencowe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- Sohni Dean, Aga Khan University,,Division of Women and Child Health,,Pakistan
- Jennifer Requejo, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,,USA
Technical review team
- José Belizán (chair), Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
- Elizabeth Mary Mason (chair), World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Anthony Costello, University College, London UK
- Andres de Francisco, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
- Mark Klebanoff, The Ohio State University, Nationwide, USA
- Silke Mader, EFCNI-European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, Germany
- Jeff Murray, University of Iowa, USA
- Pius Okong, Uganda Christian University, Uganda
- Carmencita Padilla, Institute of Human Genetics / National Institutes of Health / University of the Philippines, Manila Philippines
- Robert Pattinson, Medical Research Council, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Vinod Paul, All India Institute for Medical Sciences, India
- Craig Rubens, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, an initiative of Seattle Children's USA
- Andrew Serazin, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
- Catherine Spong, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, USA
- Antoinette Tshefu, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rexford Widmer, Rural Health, GE Healthcare, Singapore
- Khalid Yunis, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Lebanon
- Nanbert Zhong, Institute for Basic Research in Development and Peking University Center of Medical Genetics, China
Other contributors
Data analyses (in alphabetical order) – three groups (preterm birth rates, cause of death and mortality goal)
- Joy Lawn (coordinator), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Authors of Chapter 2
- Robert Black, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. USA
- Sarah Cairns-Smith, Boston Consulting Group, USA
- Erica Corbett, Independent Consultant, Rwanda
- Ingrid Friberg, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Jim Larson, Boston Consulting Group, USA
- Li Liu, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Alex Misono, Boston Consulting Group, USA
- Sarah Rohde, Independent Consultant, South Africa
- Trish Stroman, Boston Consulting Group, USA
- Chetan Tadvalkar, Boston Consulting Group, USA
- Neff Walker, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Messaging and communications (in alphabetical order)
- Sarah Alexander, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, an initiative of Seattle Children's, USA
- Wendy Christian, Save the Children, USA
- Monika Gutestam (social media coordinator), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, USA
- Lily Kak, USAID, USA
- Kate Kerber, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Michele King, March of Dimes, USA
- Mary Kinney (messaging coordinator), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Joy Lawn (coordinator), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, South Africa
- Olivia Lawe-Davies, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Lori McDougall (coordinator), Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
- Jane McElligott, Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
- Jo Ann Paradis (social media coordinator), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US, USA
- Anita Sharman, UN Foundation, USA
- Douglas Staples, March of Dimes, USA
- Colleen Sutton, Save the Children, USA
Group coordination (in alphabetical order)
- Rachel Diamond, March of Dimes, USA
- Stephen Nurse-Findlay, Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
Support (in alphabetical order)
- Flavia Bustreo, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Jennifer Howse, March of Dimes, USA
- Carolyn Miles, Save the Children
- Carole Presern, Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
Other support and review (in alphabetical order)
- Janis Biermann, March of Dimes, USA
- Harendra de Silva, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- Sherin Devaskar, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Uday Devaskar, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Enrique Gadow, Center for Medical Education and Clinical Investigation, CEMIC, Argentina
- Mary Giammarino, March of Dimes, USA
- Angela Gold, March of Dimes, USA
- Metin Gülemzoglu, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Jay Iams, Ohio State University, USA
- Michael Katz. March of Dimes, USA
- Gustavo Leguizamón, Center for Medical Education and Clinical Investigation, CEMIC, Argentina
- Bill Masto, March of Dimes, USA
- Merry-K Moos, University of North Carolina, USA
- Juan Nardin, Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (CREP), Argentina
- Wendy Prosser, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
- Sonja Rasmussen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
- Mary-Elizabeth Reeve, March of Dimes, USA
- Florance Rusciano, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Joe Leigh Simpson, March of Dimes, USA
- Dolan Siobhan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
- Maria Regina Torloni, Sao Paulo Federal University and Brazilian Cochrane Centre, Brazil
- Phyllis Williams-Thompson, March of Dimes, USA