BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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This article is part of the supplement: Global report on preterm birth & stillbirth: the foundation for innovative solutions and improved outcomes

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Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data

Joy E Lawn1, Michael G Gravett2, Toni M Nunes3, Craig E Rubens3,4, Cynthia Stanton5* and the GAPPS Review Group

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1 Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, 11 South Way, Pinelands Cape Town, South Africa

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA

3 Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, an initiative of Seattle Children's, Seattle, Washington, USA

4 Department of Pediatrics at University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA

5 Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S1 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-10-S1-S1

Published: 23 February 2010

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