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BJOG Release: New Study On The Cause Of Early Preterm Birth
An exploratory study to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, has shown that women going into early preterm labour (before 34 weeks gestation) have low-levels of progesterone in their saliva as early as 24 weeks, and that moreover, these levels fail to rise during pregnancy in the normal way. This offers the possibility of developing a simple, non-invasive test to identify women at increased risk of delivering early.
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Wellcome Trust To Give $50M To Boost Health Research In Africa

The Wellcome Trust on Thursday pledged 30 million pounds or about $50 million to support health research at more than 50 African institutions, Nature reports (Nayar, 7/1). The money will fund seven partnerships that aim to boost health research capacity in Africa. It was unveiled at the World Conference of Science Journalists in London, according to SciDev.Net (Nordlingx, 7/2). The partnerships will be "led by an African research institution, and spread across 18 countries on the continent," according to Nature. The funds will be used to "revamp laboratories, to train laboratory personnel and to fund grants. The trust hopes that the consortia will develop into thriving research communities that benefit public health by methods such as reducing infectious diseases and improving sanitation. Better-equipped labs and improved career prospects for researchers should also help to stem the brain drain of Africa"s most able scientists," Nature writes. "There are other collaborations and networks, but the lack of research capacity is a huge problem and it"s going to take more than one initiative to achieve this," Jimmy Whitworth, head of international activities at the Wellcome Trust, said. The Nature article includes additional information about how African research is funded (7/1). SciDev.Net includes a list of institutions that will receive funding (7/2). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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