Newborn health research priorities beyond 2015

Authors

Sachiyo Yoshida, World Health Organization
Igor Rudan, University of Edinburgh Medical School
Joy E. Lawn, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stephen Wall, Save the Children, Washington, DC, USA
João Paulo Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil
José Martines, University of Bergen
Rajiv Bahl, World Health Organization
Peter Gisore, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Paediatrics and Child Health (East Africa)

Abstract

In 2012, an estimated 2·9 million newborn babies died1 and 2·6 million were stillborn in 2009.2 An even greater number have long-term impairment associated with preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital anomalies, and intrapartum or infectious insults. Despite the increasing proportion of child deaths that are neonatal—estimated at 44% at present—programme and research funding is modest.3 In view of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline in 2015 and the shift to a new framework targeting the unfinished survival agenda and beyond, including healthy development, growth, and human capital, there is increased attention to birth outcomes as highlighted in the Lancet Every Newborn Series3–7 and the upcoming Every Newborn Action Plan.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

THE LANCET

Recommended Citation

Yoshida, S., Rudan, I., Lawn, J. E., Wall, S., Souza, J., Martines, J., Bahl, R., Gisore, P. (2014). Newborn health research priorities beyond 2015. THE LANCET, 384(9938), e27-e29.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_paediatr_child_health/88