Born Too Soon: Decade of Action on Preterm Birth - Executive summary

10 November 2023
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Born Too Soon: Decade of Action on Preterm Birth - Executive summary
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Overview

Every 2 seconds, a baby is born too soon. Every 40 seconds, one of those babies dies.

  • 152 million babies were born too soon in the last decade.
  • Preterm birth is the leading cause of child mortality, accounting for nearly 1 in 5 of under-5 deaths.
  • 3 in 4 of stillbirths are born preterm based on data from high- and upper middle-income settings. 

 

Full report
WHO Team
Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health UHL
Editors
PMNCH, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA
Number of pages
121
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978-92-4-008307-3
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO