In Bangladesh, 4,39,000 babies are born before the due date each year and 26,100 children under five die due to direct preterm complications.
Among the preterm births, approximately 22,000 are extremely premature babies as they are born within 28 weeks of pregnancy, Dr Sayed Rubayet of Save the Children said while making his presentation at the roundtable in the conference room of The Daily Star.
Health experts said there are three causes – temperature vulnerability, feeding and infection complications – are mainly responsible for the premature infant deaths.
They said premature babies suffer from feeding related complications with higher chances of infections, which cause death of premature infants.
Bangladesh is one of the top ten countries in terms of child marriage, which significantly contributes to preterm birth. Adolescent married girls are one of the risk factors for giving birth to immature babies.
One million infants die every year as 15 million babies are born too soon during the same period.
Adolescent birth rate is 83 per 1,000 girls while anemia among women of childbearing age stands at 42 percent in Bangladesh.
Adolescent birth, short stature among women of childbearing age, anemia, obesity and adult diabetes are major risk factors for preterm births
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