Prevention of Preterm Birth With Five Interventions
Obie Editorial Team
Every year, over 15 million babies are born premature (under 37 weeks) and over 1 million die because of prematurity.
According to a study in The Lancet , there are five interventions for all 39 countries with higher development that could lead to a 5% relative reduction of preterm birth rate from 9·59% to 9·07% of livebirths:
These findings translate to roughly 58 000 preterm births averted and total annual economic cost savings of about US$3 billion.