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  2. Preterm birth - Wikipedia

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    [5] [15] It is estimated that at least 75% of preterm infants would survive with appropriate treatment, and the survival rate is highest among the infants born the latest in gestation. [2] In women who might deliver between 24 and 37 weeks, corticosteroid treatment may improve outcomes.

  3. Fetal viability - Wikipedia

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    Between 2010 and 2014, babies in the United States had an approximately 70% survival rate when born under weight of 500 g (1.10lb), an increase from a 30.8% survival rate between 2006 and 2010. [15] A baby's chances for survival increases 3 to 4 percentage points per day between 23 and 24 weeks of gestation, and about 2 to 3 percentage points ...

  4. Infant mortality - Wikipedia

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    The survival rate in these countries for infants born before 28 weeks of gestation is 10%, compared with a 90% survival rate in high-income countries. [28] In the United States, the period from 1980 to 2000 saw a decrease in the total number of infant mortality cases, despite a significant increase in premature births. [29]

  5. Kangaroo care - Wikipedia

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    Another feature of kangaroo care was early discharge in the kangaroo position despite prematurity. It has proven successful in improving survival rates of premature and low birth weight newborns and in lowering the risks of nosocomial infection, severe illness, and lower respiratory tract disease. It also increased exclusive breastfeeding and ...

  6. Diabetes and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Pre-gestational diabetes can be classified as Type 1 or Type 2 depending on the physiological mechanism. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disorder leading to destruction of insulin-producing cell in the pancreas; type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with obesity and results from a combination of insulin resistance and insufficient insulin production.

  7. Child mortality - Wikipedia

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    Out of the number of children under the age of 5 alone, an estimated 5.6 million children die each year mostly from such preventable causes. [3] The child survival strategies and interventions are in line with the fourth Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which focused on reducing child mortality by 2/3 of children under five before the year 2015.

  8. Gestational diabetes - Wikipedia

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    In populations with a low risk for type 2 diabetes, in lean subjects and in women with auto-antibodies, there is a higher rate of women developing type 1 diabetes. [95] Children of women with GDM have an increased risk for childhood and adult obesity and an increased risk of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes later in life. [100]

  9. Maternal health - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, many approaches involving women, families, and local communities as active stakeholders in interventions and strategies to improve maternal health. [14] Gannon (n.p) reports that the maternal rate of mortality reduced by 70% between 1946 and 1953, when women started getting maternal education.

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