Background Preterm birth is the second largest direct cause of child deaths in children younger
than 5 years. Yet, data regarding preterm birth (<37 completed weeks of gestation) are …

Background Information about the distribution of causes of and time trends for child mortality
should be periodically updated. We report the latest estimates of causes of child mortality in …

The proportion of child deaths that occurs in the neonatal period (38% in 2000) is increasing,
and the Millennium Development Goal for child survival cannot be met without substantial …

Background Up-to-date information on the causes of child deaths is crucial to guide global
efforts to improve child survival. We report new estimates for 2008 of the major causes of …

Background Trend data for causes of child death are crucial to inform priorities for improving
child survival by and beyond 2015. We report child mortality by cause estimates in 2000–13…

Background Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between 1990
and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction of …

We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related
outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote …

This second paper in the Born Too Soon supplement presents a review of the epidemiology
of preterm birth, and its burden globally, including priorities for action to improve the data. …

In this Series paper, we review trends since the 2005 Lancet Series on Neonatal Survival to
inform acceleration of progress for newborn health post-2015. On the basis of multicountry …

In this second article of the neonatal survival series, we identify 16 interventions with proven
efficacy (implementation under ideal conditions) for neonatal survival and combine them …