Clinical trials need to be decarbonised and we propose a strategy for doing so. Almost 14
years ago the Sustainable Clinical Trials Group concluded that “clinical trials contribute …

5 Global PaedSurg Research Collaboration. Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital
anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a …

Birth defects are now the fifth leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age. 1
Global under-5 mortality has decreased by 52% since 1990, largely due to prevention and …

We thank the COMPare project team for acknowledging their error in coding. When
criticising others' work it is important to be rigorous in your own. The COMPare team is …

Birth defects are now the fifth leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age. 1
Global under-5 mortality has decreased by 52% since 1990, largely due to prevention and …

Sir—In medical research, the first step to protect patients' rights and dignity is an adequate
and full explanation of the experimental details. Although it is within physicians' discretion to …

When a child is born with a congenital anomaly, the parents will bombard their medical
advisers with a range of questions: what caused the defect, how might it have been avoided …

We thank the COMPare project team for acknowledging their error in coding. When
criticising others' work it is important to be rigorous in your own. The COMPare team is …

Most people cannot reliably access surgical care when they need it, including 1· 7 billion
children globally. 1 When surgery is performed, many settings have insufficient capacity to …

Perspectives www. thelancet. com Vol 397 May 15, 2021 1801 that compared postnatal
surgical closure of the neural tube defect with no or delayed surgery in 40 newborn babies …