Prematurity Awareness Month is observed every November, with World Prematurity Day on 17 November, to raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. An estimated 15 million babies around the world are born premature each year and more than one million of them do not survive their early birth.

Our review groups Cochrane Neonatal and Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth prepare and disseminate evidence-based, regularly updated systematic reviews. The scope of Cochrane Neonatal work covers all randomized controlled trials of interventions involving the baby during the first month after birth. Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth covers systematic reviews of interventions that relate to pregnancy and childbirth, and up to 30 days following childbirth, as well as lactation.

• Browse a list Cochrane Neonatal Reviews
• Visit the Neonatal website
• Browse a list of Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Reviews
• Visit the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth website

Highlighted Resources

• Read a personal impact story: “Wearing Cochrane evidence”
• Watch “What is a Systematic Review?”
• Read about the history and meaning of the Cochrane logo
• Read Evidently Cochrane blogpost: “Iain Chalmers: Should the Cochrane logo be accompanied by a health warning?”
• Read “Prenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality after Preterm Birth” on The History of Modern Biomedicine
• Read related Cochrane Library editorial "Corticosteroids for preterm deliveries: missing evidence"
• Read the Cochrane news item "World Health Organization uses Cochrane evidence in breastfeeding guideline."
• Read a Evidently Cochrane blog "Yummy, yummy in my tummy, getting big with milk from mummy. Getting preterm babies feeding orally - a roundup of current evidence."