Determinants of preterm birth among newborns in resource limited settings.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization defines preterm birth as any birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation, or fewer than 259 days since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. Globally, 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely and more than a million babies are estimated to die annually. The determinants of preterm birth may vary from region to region within the same country due to variation in socioeconomic status and health care service coverage. Therefore, this study was designed to identify determinants of preterm birth among newborns born in selected public hospitals in west Guji, east Guji and Borana zones, southern Ethiopia. A facility based unmatched case control study was conducted on 241 (80 cases and 161 controls) newborns. Among 13 hospitals of study area, 8 hospitals were

SUBMITTER: Gemechu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568995 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature