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. Preterm birth 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 Anthony Costello 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 Uganda 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