Interventions could prevent millions of infant deaths in developing nations: Scientists
At least eight interventions costing $1.1B by 2030 could also prevent 5.2M premature or underweight births annually, say study's authors
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At least eight interventions costing $1.1B by 2030 could also prevent 5.2M premature or underweight births annually, say study's authors
PROVIDING simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women – such as offering aspirin – could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing count...
An international team of researchers say that more than a million babies could be prevented from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing
An international team of researchers also estimated that one quarter of the world's babies are born either premature or underweight, adding that almost no progress is being made in this area.
While most of the babies were born in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Lawn emphasised that every country was affected.