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

Reports from the NICHD Global Network’s Maternal and Newborn Health Registry: supplement introduction

Authors: Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Patricia L. Hibberd, Jorge E. Tolosa, Marion Koso-Thomas and Elizabeth M. McClure

The Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry: a multi-country, community-based registry of pregnancy outcomes

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…

Stillbirth 2010–2018: a prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network

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…

Neonatal deaths in rural Karnataka, India 2014–2018: a prospective population-based observational study in a low-resource setting

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

Neonatal deaths in infants born weighing ≥ 2500 g in low and middle-income countries

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…

The relationship between birth intervals and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in six low and lower-middle income countries

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…

Hemoglobin concentrations and adverse birth outcomes in South Asian pregnant women: findings from a prospective Maternal and Neonatal Health Registry

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

Prevalence of clinically-evident congenital anomalies in the Western highlands of Guatemala

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

Looking beyond the numbers: quality assurance procedures in the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research Maternal Newborn Health Registry

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…

Evaluating the effect of care around labor and delivery practices on early neonatal mortality in the Global Network’s Maternal and Newborn Health Registry

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…

Setting up a maternal and newborn registry applying electronic platform: an experience from the Bangladesh site of the global network for women’s and children’s health

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