PREBIC Global 2020 Annual Meeting in Ghana

项目总结/摘要 早产国际合作（PREBIC）全球集团成立于2003年，其目标是实现多方面的合作， 预防早产的方法。早产（分娩<37周妊娠）是世界范围内的一种 60%的早产来自10个国家，包括美国和尼日利亚， 并且仍然是全世界新生儿发病率和死亡率的主要原因。除了美国， 大部分早产来自亚洲、非洲和南美洲，这使得PREBIC在这些地区的工作发挥了最大的作用。 重要性PREBIC每年举行会议和研讨会，目的是审查从早产到早产的进展情况。 出生研究和提出新的问题，可以导致进一步的假设和解决方案。这些会议 充满活力和合议，导致开放，动态和创新的讨论，目前的局限性， 早产研究中的问题。通过将基础科学家、统计学家、临床医生和政策制定者结合起来， PREBIC能够利用独特的知识基础来创建从工作台到床边的解决方案。 然而，大多数会议都在欧洲或美国举行，限制了调查人员从 低收入或中等收入国家（LMIC）参与。为了解决这一限制，2016年PREBIC计划 在全球范围内扩展，并建立区域分支机构，以满足和解决当地问题，同时建立持续的 新项目的合作。虽然我们已经能够获得行业资金来支付费用， 美国和欧洲的会议，低收入和中等收入国家的会议更具挑战性， 由于当地产业和机构支持能力有限，成本更高。由于我对 在加纳的早产研究和大家庭支持方面，作为PREBIC的副总裁，我的目标是 在加纳召开一年两次的会议。 第18届早产国际合作（PREBIC）全球年会有两个主要目标， 加纳：第一，促进在新生儿、转化性早产和多学科早产方面的国际合作 第一个目标是在非洲开展研究，第二个目标是建立PREBIC非洲分支。这次会议将聚集早产专家 来自世界各地以及非洲的地方和区域专家，鼓励来自 参与国领导PREBIC非洲的地方分支机构。PREBIC的大部分使命是提供 这是一种年轻调查人员分享工作的形式，本次会议将继续鼓励这一使命 在与会者中。

Project Summary/Abstract The Preterm Birth International Collaborative (PREBIC) Global group was founded in 2003 with a goal of a multi- pronged approach to combat preterm birth. Preterm birth (delivery <37 weeks’ gestation) is a world-wide problem, with 60% of preterm deliveries originating from 10 countries, including the United States and Nigeria, and remains a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Aside from the United States, the bulk of preterm birth is from Asia, Africa and South America, making the work of PREBIC in these areas of utmost importance. PREBIC holds annual meetings and workshops with the goal of reviewing the progress from preterm birth research and asking new questions that can lead to further hypotheses and solutions. The meetings are vibrant and collegial, leading to open, dynamic and innovative discussion regarding the current limitations and problems in preterm birth research. By combining basic scientists, statisticians, clinicians and policy makers, PREBIC is able to draw upon a unique knowledge base to create solutions that work from bench to bedside. However, most meetings have been held in Europe or the United States, limiting the ability of investigators from low or middle income countries (LMIC) to participate. To address this limitation, in 2016 PREBIC planned to expand globally and establish regional branches that could meet and address local issues while creating ongoing collaborations for new projects. While we have been able to get industry funding to defray the expense of the US and European meetings, the meeting in low and middle income countries are more challenging and often more expensive due to the limited ability for local industry and institutional support. Due to both my strong interest in preterm birth research and large familial support in Ghana, as the Vice President of PREBIC, my goal is to start a bi-annual meeting in Ghana. There are 2 major goals of the 18th Annual Preterm Birth International Collaborative (PREBIC) Global meeting in Ghana: first, to foster international collaboration on novel, translational and multi-disciplinary preterm birth research in Africa, and second to launch the PREBIC Africa branch. This meeting will gather preterm birth experts from around the world as well as local and regional experts within Africa, encouraging representatives from participating countries to lead local branches of PREBIC Africa. A large part of the PREBIC mission is to provide a format for young investigators to share their work, and this meeting will continue to encourage that mission amongst attendees.