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Volume 17 Supplement 2

Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Health: Research reports from the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Maternal Newborn Health Registry - Part One

Research

Publication of this supplement was supported by grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to RTI International. The supplement editors declare no competing interests.

Edited by Veronica Pingray and Jorge Tolosa

  1. The Global Network for Women's and Children’s Health Research (Global Network) conducts clinical trials in resource-limited countries through partnerships among U.S. investigators, international investigators ...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. McClure, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Fabian Esamai, Archana Patel, Elwyn Chomba, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Rashidul Haque, Carl L. Bose, Edward A. Liechty, Nancy F. Krebs, Richard J. Derman…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):184
  2. Stillbirth rates are high and represent a substantial proportion of the under-5 mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). In LMIC, where nearly 98% of stillbirths worldwide occur, few population-bas...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Ana Garces, Ryan Whitworth, Fabian Esamai, Archana B. Patel, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Musaku Mwenechanya, Elwyn Chomba, Adrien Lokangaka, Carl L. Bose, Sherri Bucher, Edward A. Liechty, Nancy F. Krebs, S. Yogesh Kumar…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):146
  3. Neonatal mortality causes a substantial proportion of the under-5 mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMIC).

    Authors: Sangappa M. Dhaded, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sunil S. Vernekar, S. Yogeshkumar, Avinash Kavi, Umesh Y. Ramadurg, Tracy L. Nolen, Robert L. Goldenberg, Richard J. Derman and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):161
  4. Babies born weighing ≥ 2500 g account for more than 80% of the births in most resource-limited locations and for nearly 50% of the 28-day neonatal deaths. In contrast, in high-resource settings, 28-day neonata...

    Authors: Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, Elizabeth M. McClure, Kayla J. Nowak, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Ana L. Garces, Patricia L. Hibberd, Janet L. Moore, Tracy L. Nolen, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Yogesh Kumar, Fabian Esamai, Irene Marete, Archana B. Patel, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):158
  5. Due to high fertility rates in some low and lower-middle income countries, the interval between pregnancies can be short, which may lead to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.

    Authors: Melissa Bauserman, Kayla Nowak, Tracy L. Nolen, Jackie Patterson, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Ana L. Garces, Lester Figueroa, Nancy F. Krebs, Fabian Esamai, Edward A. Liechty, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):157
  6. While the relationship between hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and pregnancy outcomes has been studied often, most reports have focused on a specific Hb cutoff used to define anemia. Fewer studies have evaluate...

    Authors: Sumera Aziz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sarah Saleem, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa Dhaded, Richard J. Derman, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure and Robert L. Goldenberg
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):154
  7. Congenital anomalies are a significant cause of death and disability for infants, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), where 95% of all deaths due to anomalies occur. Limited data on the preva...

    Authors: Lester Figueroa, Ana Garces, K. Michael Hambidge, Elizabeth M. McClure, Janet Moore, Robert Goldenberg and Nancy F. Krebs
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):153
  8. Quality assurance (QA) is a process that should be an integral part of research to protect the rights and safety of study participants and to reduce the likelihood that the results are affected by bias in data...

    Authors: Ana Garces, Emily MacGuire, Holly L. Franklin, Norma Alfaro, Gustavo Arroyo, Lester Figueroa, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Fabian Esamai, Archana Patel, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, Rashidul Haque, Jacquelyn K. Patterson, Edward A. Liechty, Richard J. Derman…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):159
  9. Neonatal deaths in first 28-days of life represent 47% of all deaths under the age of five years globally and are a focus of the United Nation’s (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goals. Pregnant women are deliver...

    Authors: Archana B. Patel, Elizabeth M. Simmons, Sowmya R. Rao, Janet Moore, Tracy L. Nolen, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Fabian Esamai, Paul Nyongesa, Ana L. Garces, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya, Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, Melissa Bauserman…
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):156
  10. The Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research (Global Network, GN) has established the Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR) to assess MNH outcomes over time. Bangladesh is the newest country...

    Authors: Sk Masum Billah, Rashidul Haque, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Md Shahjahan Siraj, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Tanvir Hossain, Asraful Alam, Masud Alam, Chelsea Marie, Beth McGrath, Shams El Arifeen and William A. Petri Jr
    Citation: Reproductive Health 2020 17(Suppl 2):148

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