Downloadable Resources - Maternal/Fetal health during pregnancy

REPORT ON TRAINING FOR INTERGROWTH-21ST

Early initiation of breastfeeding: The best start for every newborn

INTERGROWTH-21st in Sri Lanka

Drs Leila Cheikh Ismail and Jane Hirst are currently introducing the Preterm Growth Standards through a series of workshops in Sri Lanka.

INTERGROWTH-21st Postnatal Growth Standards and z-scores for Preterm Infants

INTERGROWTH-21st in China

Professor Aris Papageorghiou awarded Honorary Membership of American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine

Chinese Translations of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal and Newborn Lancet Articles

Chinese translations of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal and Newborn Lancet articles are now available for download.二十一世纪国际胎儿、新生儿生长发育项目(INTERGROWTH-21st) 柳叶刀文章的中文翻译本现在可供下载。

New INTERGROWTH-21st International Postnatal Growth Standards for Preterm Infants - Charts available

New INTERGROWTH-21st Postnatal Growth Standards charts for individual measurements of length, weight, head circumference, as well as a combined standards chart for length, weight and head circumference are now available for download here.

EMPOWER Program Announces Request for Proposals for Research into Preeclampsia

The EMPOWER Program (EMpowering Progress in Obstetric and Women's hEalth Research)  is now accepting research proposals related to preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy from young investigators in low resource settings. Letters of Intent are due November 15, 2015. Thereafter, projects deemed feasible will be invited to submit full applications by April 15, 2016. The grant recipient will be announced in October 2016 at the World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP).

INTERGROWTH-21st Newborn Charts in use in Nairobi

Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the off spring: a prospective study in fi ve low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)

The study aimes to assess both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs. Children of young mothers in LMICs are disadvantaged at birth and in childhood nutrition and schooling. Efforts to prevent early childbearing should be strengthened. After adjustment for confounders, children of older mothers have advantages in nutritional status and schooling. Extremes of maternal age could be associated with disturbed off spring glucose metabolism.