Contributors to Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Births

Editors

Christopher Howson Joy Lawn March of Dimes Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US United States South Africa

Mary Kinney Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US South Africa

Author teams (by chapter)

Chapter 1. matters Christopher Howson Mary Kinney March of Dimes Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US United States South Africa

Joy Lawn Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US South Africa

Chapter 2. 15 million preterm births Hannah Blencowe Simon Cousens London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine United Kingdom United Kingdom

Doris Chou Mikkel Z. Oestergaard World Health Organization World Health Organization Switzerland Switzerland

Laly Say Ann-Beth Moller World Health Organization World Health Organization Switzerland Switzerland

Mary Kinney Joy Lawn Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US South Africa South Africa

Chapter 3. Care before and between pregnancy Sohni Dean Zulfiqar A. Bhutta Aga Khan University Aga Khan University Division of Women and Child Health Division of Women and Child Health Pakistan Pakistan and Canada

Elizabeth Mary Mason Christopher Howson World Health Organization March of Dimes Switzerland USA

Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli Zohra S. Lassi World Health Organization Aga Khan University Switzerland 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 Mario Merialdi Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health World Health Organization USA Switzerland

Fernando Althabe Matthais Keller Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy University Hospital, Essen Argentina Germany

Joanne Katz Ramkumar Menon Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston USA USA

Chapter 5. Care for the preterm baby Joy Lawn Ruth Davidge Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US PMB Metro, NNASA (Neonatal Nurses Association South Africa of Southern Africa) South Africa

Vinod Paul Severin von Xylander All India Institute for Medical Sciences World Health Organization India Switzerland

Joseph de Graft Johnson MCHIP University College London USA UK

Mary Kinney Joel Segre Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation South Africa USA

Elizabeth Molyneux Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital/Malawi Medical School Malawi

Chapter 6. Actions: everyone has a role to play Mary Kinney Christopher Howson Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US March of Dimes South Africa United States

Joy Lawn Eve Lackritz Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and South Africa Stillbirth, an Initiative of Seattle Children's USA

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta Hannah Blencowe Aga Khan University London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Division of Women and Child Health United Kingdom Pakistan and Canada

Sohni Dean Jennifer Requejo Aga Khan University Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Division of Women and Child Health USA Pakistan

Technical review team José Belizán (chair) Elizabeth Mary Mason (chair) Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy World Health Organization Argentina Switzerland

Anthony Costello Andres de Francisco University College London The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child UK Health Switzerland

Mark Klebanoff Silke Mader The Ohio State University, Nationwide EFCNI-European Foundation for the Care of USA Newborn Infants Germany

Jeff Murray Pius Okong University of Iowa Christian University USA Uganda

Carmencita Padilla Robert Pattinson Institute of Human Genetics / National Institutes Medical Research Council, University of Pretoria of Health / University of the Philippines Manila South Africa Philippines

Vinod Paul Craig Rubens All India Institute for Medical Sciences Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and India Stillbirth, an initiative of Seattle Children's USA

Andrew Serazin Catherine Spong Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child USA Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health USA

Antoinette Tshefu Rexford Widmer School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa Rural Health, GE Healthcare Democratic Republic of Congo Singapore

Khalid Yunis Nanbert Zhong American University of Beirut Medical Centre Institute for Basic Research in Development and Lebanon 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) Authors of Chapter 2 Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US South Africa

Robert Black Sarah Cairns-Smith Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Boston Consulting Group USA USA

Erica Corbett Ingrid Friberg Independent Consultant Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Rwanda USA

Jim Larson Li Liu Boston Consulting Group Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health USA USA

Alex Misono Sarah Rohde Boston Consulting Group Independent Consultant USA South Africa

Trish Stroman Chetan Tadvalkar Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group USA USA

Neff Walker Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health USA

Messaging and communications (in alphabetical order) Sarah Alexander Wendy Christian Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Save the Children Stillbirth, an initiative of Seattle Children's USA USA

Monika Gutestam (social media coordinator) Lily Kak Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US USAID USA USA

Kate Kerber Michele King Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US March of Dimes South Africa USA

Mary Kinney (messaging coordinator) Joy Lawn (coordinator) Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US South Africa South Africa

Olivia Lawe-Davies Lori McDougall (coordinator) World Health Organization Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Switzerland Health Switzerland

Jane McElligott Jo Ann Paradis (social media coordinator) Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US Health USA Switzerland

Anita Sharman Douglas Staples UN Foundation March of Dimes USA USA

Colleen Sutton Save the Children USA

Group coordination (in alphabetical order) Rachel Diamond Stephen Nurse-Findlay March of Dimes Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child USA Health Switzerland

Support (in alphabetical order) Flavia Bustreo Jennifer Howse World Health Organization March of Dimes Switzerland USA

Carolyn Miles Carole Persern Save the Children Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health Switzerland

Other support and review (in alphabetical order) Janis Biermann Harendra de Silva March of Dimes University of Kelaniya USA Sri Lanka

Sherin Devaskar Uday Devaskar University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles USA USA

Enrique Gadow Mary Giammarino Center for Medical Education and Clinical March of Dimes Investigation, CEMIC USA Argentina

Angela Gold Metin Gülemzoglu March of Dimes World Health Organization USA Switzerland

Jay Iams Michael Katz Ohio State University March of Dimes USA USA

Gustavo Leguizamón Bill Masto Center for Medical Education and Clinical March of Dimes Investigation, CEMIC USA Argentina

Merry-K Moos Juan Nardin University of North Carolina Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (CREP) USA Argentina

Wendy Prosser Sonja Rasmussen Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention USA USA

Mary-Elizabeth Reeve Florance Rusciano March of Dimes World Health Organization USA Switzerland

Joe Leigh Simpson Dolan Siobhan March of Dimes Albert Einstein College of Medicine USA USA

Maria Regina Torloni Phyllis Williams-Thompson Sao Paulo Federal University and Brazilian March of Dimes Cochrane Centre USA Brazil