Improving health outcomes of preterm newborns in low- and middle-income countries

早产（过早出生）影响全世界十分之一的新生儿。在许多低收入国家，早产儿因分娩时缺乏有效护理而死亡。我的研究旨在回答类固醇注射（以发育婴儿的肺部）和安胎药（减缓或停止分娩的药物）等药物是否真的有助于低收入国家出生的早产儿。我还将找到更好地衡量中低收入国家有多少妇女经历早产的方法。

Preterm birth (being born too soon) affects 1 in 10 births worldwide. In many low-income countries, preterm babies die for lack of effective care around the time of childbirth. My research aims to answer whether medicines such as steroid injections (to develop the baby’s lungs) and tocolytics (drugs to slow down or stop labour) actually help preterm babies born in low-income countries. I will also find ways to better measure how many women experience preterm birth in low-middle income countries.