Project Grant R01HD113660

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $615,908 project grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, to conduct prospective data collection and analysis on stillbirths and neonatal mortality in India. The goal is to improve understanding of India's high rates of late fetal and neonatal mortality compared to other countries, and the factors contributing to distorted age patterns of early-life mortality. The project will collect new data from 4 surveillance sites across different regions of India to address major data gaps hindering proper monitoring and analysis of these critical public health issues. Findings from this research are expected to have methodological and substantive implications for understanding and addressing stillbirth and neonatal mortality in other low-income countries with similar challenges. The grant has an award period from Sep 2024 to Jun 2029.