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.
Responding effectively to outbreaks of infectious diseases saves lives. Sharing knowledge, learning, and experience of outbreak response across geographies, diseases, and between researchers and policy makers is essential. Without collaboration, outbreaks risk spreading in size and scale. Read more
Based on the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, this new course explores core ethical issues that arise during research in global health emergencies, and highlights how they sometimes go beyond those covered in traditional research frameworks. Read more
INTERCOVID: A prospective cohort study of the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy and the neonatal period Read more
Following the successful visit to Oxford last year of Dr Yetunde John-Akinola (Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan), who spent 6 weeks with the INTERGROWTH-21st team Read more
Through her Rebecca Akufo-Addo Foundation, the First Lady has contributed towards and led a number of important projects: for example, building a Mother-Baby Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, one of the nation’s tertiary hospitals Read more
New pop-up Coronavirus Knowledge Hub, a single-access portal to information with a focus on addressing the unknowns during the coronavirus outbreak, launches on The Global Health Network. Read more
The INTERPRACTICE-21st Project promotes the optimal postnatal growth of preterm infants and standardises growth measurement in selected populations around the world. It is based on the implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st international standards... 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
