PREBIC Global 2020 Annual Meeting in Ghana

项目摘要/摘要 早产国际合作(PREBIC)全球小组成立于2003年，目标是 采取多管齐下的方法来对抗早产。早产(分娩和妊娠37周)是一种世界性的 问题是，60%的早产来自美国和尼日利亚等10个国家， 并且仍然是全球新生儿发病率和死亡率的主要原因。除美国外， 大部分早产来自亚洲、非洲和南美洲，这使得PREBIC在这些地区的工作变得至关重要 重要性。PREBIC举行年度会议和研讨会，目的是审查早产的进展情况 生育研究，并提出新的问题，可以导致进一步的假设和解决方案。这些会议是 充满活力和合议性，导致就当前的限制和 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库创建从工作台到床边的解决方案。 然而，大多数会议都是在欧洲或美国举行的，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，PREBIC计划在2016年 在全球范围内扩张并建立区域分支机构，在满足和解决本地问题的同时创建持续的 新项目的协作。虽然我们已经能够获得行业资金来支付 美国和欧洲的会议，在低收入和中等收入国家的会议更具挑战性，而且经常 由于当地工业和机构支持的能力有限，成本更高。因为我对这两件事都很感兴趣 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 在加纳开始一年两次的会议。 第18届年度早产国际合作(PREBIC)全球会议有两个主要目标 加纳：第一，促进关于新颖、翻译和多学科早产的国际合作 第一，在非洲开展研究，第二，启动PREBIC非洲分部。这次会议将召集早产专家 来自世界各地以及非洲当地和地区的专家，鼓励来自 参与国领导非洲PREBIC的当地分支机构。PREBIC任务的很大一部分是提供 这是一种青年研究人员分享工作的形式，本次会议将继续鼓励这一使命 在参会者中。

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.