The International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21st Century, or INTERGROWTH-21st, is a global, multidisciplinary network of more than 300 researchers and clinicians from 27 institutions in 18 countries worldwide and coordinated from the University of Oxford. We are dedicated to improving perinatal health globally and committed to reducing the millions of preventable newborn deaths that occur as a result of preterm birth or poor intrauterine growth.
Dr Eric Ohuma, who was the statistician for the INTERGROWTH-21st project, has won a teaching award as the 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer' by the Oxford Student Union. Read more
LIFE is a 3D simulation training app for smartphones that teaches healthcare workers how to manage medical emergencies using game-like training techniques to reinforce the key steps that need to be performed in order to save lives. Read more
INTERGROWTH-21st tools have been downloaded more than 120,000 times, now research is underway to find out what impact these tools have had on clinical and research practice across the world. The tools are based on the INTERGROWTH-21st Project which produced ... Read more
The latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour of an ... Read more
New article highlights INTERGROWTH-21st Standards and role maternal health has on fetal and infant growth in first 1000 days of life. Read more
The next phase of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, known as INTERPRACTICE-21st, has now begun. INTERPRACTICE-21st aims to promote optimal postnatal growth of preterm infants until 6 months post-term Read more
The INTERGROWTH-21st resources pages and content have been updated and are available for clinicians and researchers. Access and download all publications, tables, charts, calculators, apps and training resources here. Read more
In the Neonatal Department of the Hospital of St Damien in Haiti, INTERGROWTH-21st charts are now being used as part of routine medical practice. Read more
Dr Cheikh Ismail (INTERGROWTH-21st Project Leader) discussed the INTERGROWTH-21st Project and shared its products on Arab TV to a potential audience of more than 130 million people. Read more
Anthropometry training video now available to support and enhance use of the latest INTERGROWTH-21st anthropometry measurement tools Read more
Head circumference training video now available to support and enhance use of the latest INTERGROWTH-21st head circumference measurement tools Read more
This website provides clinicians and researchers access to the INTERGROWTH-21st Global Perinatal Package. This package is comprised of new, globally-validated standards and practical training resources. To download the standards please use the download links to the right of this page.
These standards are paired with an expanding Training Toolkit and a rich body of literature on our methods.
Policymakers may be interested in learning our progress with dissemination so far, and the implications of our new standards for health policy.
A selection of INTERGROWTH-21st-related news articles from around the world and information regarding press inquiries is available on our Media page.
This three module course communicates the methodology of maternal, fetal and newborn growth monitoring and the application of the INTERGROWTH-21st international growth standards to make judgement about appropriateness of growth. This course is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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(English) Introducing the INTERGROWTH-21st Project (Low Bandwidth) from Maternal Health Task Force
