A solution pathway for preterm birth: accelerating a priority research agenda

Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Correspondence to: Eve M Lackritz. Members of the Preterm Birth Research Priority Setting Group are: Shams El Arifeen, José M Belizán, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Wally Carlo, A J Challis, Jennifer F Culhane, Carolyn D Deal, Michal A Elovitz, Charles J Homer, Christopher P Howson, Joy E Lawn, James A Litch, Yvonne T Maddox, Carole R Mendelson, Sam Mesiano, David A Relman, Roberto Romero, Yoel Sadovsky, Susan B Shurin, Hyagriv N Simhan, Peter Waiswa, Peter Winch, and Paul H Wise. The views expressed in this Comment are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their institutions or organisations. We declare that we have no conflicts of interest. Funding and leadership for the preterm birth research meetings were provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GAPPS, March of Dimes, and NICHD. HHS Public Access Author manuscript Lancet Glob Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 September 07.