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Bookmark or Share- Stillbirth rate (per 1000 total births) - World Health Organization (WHO)Data from civil registration: the number of stillbirths divided by the number of total births. Data from surveys: the number of pregnancy losses during or after the seventh month of pregnancy for the 5 years preceding the interview, divided by the sum of live births and late pregnancy losses in the same time period.
- Preterm birth - World Health Organization (WHO)Babies may be born preterm because of spontaneous preterm labour or because there is a medical indication to plan an induction of labour or caesarean birth early. An estimated 13.4 million babies were born too early in 2020. That is more than 1 in 10 babies. Approximately 900 000 children die in 2019 of complications of preterm birth (1). Many ...
- Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable ...21.7 million pregnant women carry this bacteria according to the first global study of Group B Strep - most of them are currently unidentified and untreatedStudy shows for first time that a maternal vaccine may prevent 231,000 infant and maternal GBS casesAn estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, cause ...
- Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)Children continue to face different chances of survival based on where they are born, with sub-Saharan Africa and southern and central Asia bearing the heaviest burden for newborn deaths. Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest neonatal mortality rate in 2022 at 27 deaths per 1000 live births, followed by central and southern Asia with 21 deaths per ...
- Typhoid - World Health Organization (WHO)Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. It is usually spread through contaminated food or water. Once Salmonella Typhi bacteria are ingested, they multiply and spread into the bloodstream.
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