Data on a wide range of determinants of health and outcomes will be collected as detailed in Table 2.

Table 2. Description of planned collected data.

1 Smoking, alcohol consumption, recreational drug use
2 Including syphilis, toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus infection, herpes simplex, hepatitis B & C, HIV, urinary track infections, vaginal GBS colonisation, and chorioamnionitis.
3 Including placenta praevia and placenta abruption
4 City and healthcare centre (or home)
5 Normal vaginal delivery, assisted vaginal delivery (induction, forceps, vacuum, amniotomy, and/or episiotomy), and caesarean section (elective, emergent, or during labour)
6 Stillbirth, maternal mortality, prolonged labour, haemorrhage, uterine atony, foetal distress, umbilical cord prolapse/compression, nuchal Cord, and meconium aspiration.
7 Analgesics/anaesthetics, antibiotics, beta2-simulators
8 Including length of gestation (days) and premature rupture of membranes
9 Birth weight, length, head circumference, and indications of IUGR.
10 Height, weight, skinfold, waist circumference, hip circumference, and bioelectrical impedance analysis
11 Lung function test (TLC, FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC)
12 Blood pressure and cardiac output
13 Iron-deficiency anaemia and G6PD deficiency