title: A solution pathway for preterm birth: accelerating a priority research agenda.
authors.affiliation: Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Electronic address: eve.lackritz@seattlechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Eve M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lackritz
authors.affiliation: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Guttmacher
authors.affiliation: March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Howse
authors.affiliation: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Cyril M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Engmann
authors.affiliation: Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
authors.forename: Craig E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rubens
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Louis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Muglia
authors.affiliation: Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle, WA 98101, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Gravett
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Spong
authors.affiliation: March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joe Leigh
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012106:Research
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