Euro-Peristat
Better Statistics for Better Health
for pregnant women and their babies
Download a copy of the most comprehensive report on perinatal health to date.
BETTER HEALTH DEMANDS BETTER STATISTICS
Recent Editorials about the European Perinatal Health Report
Click here to check out our editorial in the the October 2009 issue of the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (EJOGRB), which discusses the importance of having comparable data between European countries in order to examine differences in maternal and child health.
The September 2009 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH) features an editorial discussing the release and impact of the first-ever European Perinatal Health Report. Click here for an abstract, or send an email to europeristat.coordintation@gmail.com for more information about either editorial.
Experts from 27 countries gather in Warsaw to collaborate on the European Perinatal Health Report
EURO-PERISTAT in the News
Since publishing the report on our website in December 2008, more than 110 articles have been published in print, radio and television media across Europe. We're tracking the publicity on a special page here.
The Team Behind the European Perinatal Health Report
The 280-page report was a major feat of collaboration between researchers and official statisticians in Europe. It contains data on EURO-PERISTAT indicators for the year 2004 from 25 participating EU member states and Norway. It also contains data from three other European projects: Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE), European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT), and the European Information System to Monitor Short and Long-Term Morbidity to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Safety for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants (EuroNeoStat). Read more about our collaborators here.
Learn More About EURO-PERISTAT
The EURO-PERISTAT project’s goal has been to develop valid and reliable indicators that can be used for monitoring and evaluating perinatal health in the European Union. The project began in 1999 as part of the EU's Health Monitoring Programme and has continued into a third phase, with the ultimate aim of producing a European Perinatal Health Report and establishing a sustainable system for reporting perinatal health indicators. The project is coordinated in Paris but has official representation from 26 countries across Europe and an even larger network of contributing experts. We receive funding from the European Commission Directorate for Health & Consumers and the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers. Read more about our project here.
