PRETERM BIRTHS

Preterm Births

• In May 2023, United Nations agencies released a new report on pre-term births
• titled “Born too soon: decade of action on preterm birth”.

Preterm births is defined as babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. 
· Categories: There are sub-categories of preterm birth, based on gestational age.
· extremely preterm (less than 28 weeks)
· very preterm (28 to less than 32 weeks)
· moderate to late preterm (32 to 37 weeks).

Findings of recent report

• The report was released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United

• Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and
• Child Health (PMNCH) – the world’s largest alliance for women, children and adolescents.
• Around 13.4 million babies were born pre-term in 2020 with nearly one million
• dying from complications. Every two seconds, a baby is born too soon. Every 40.

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