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Funds raised by the event support March of Dimes-sponsored research and other programs to prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. [ 59 ] According to the March of Dimes, March for Babies is held in more than 900 communities across the nation.
According to the March of Dimes, proceeds help fund research to prevent premature births, birth defects and infant mortality. Every year, more than half a million babies are born prematurely and more than 120,000 are born with serious birth defects in the United States. [ 2 ]
The March of Dimes defines a maternity care desert as a county that has no hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and no obstetric providers. [1] [2] As of 2020 March of Dimes classified 1095 of 3139 of U.S. counties (34.9%) as maternity care deserts. [3]
Black babies are 1.3 times more likely than others to be born preterm, according to the March of Dimes. If Medicaid funding is cut, “an already quickly deteriorating problem will become nothing ...
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [2]The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act or PREEMIE Reauthorization Act would amend the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act to revise and reauthorize ...
The March of Dimes reports the following 2011 statistics ... 1,241 babies are born. 195 babies are born preterm. 131 babies are born low birth weight. 11 babies die ...
As gestational age is directly related to an infant's Apgar score, Apgar was one of the first at the March of Dimes to bring attention to the problem of premature birth, now one of the March of Dimes' top priorities. [18] During this time, she wrote and lectured extensively, writing articles in popular magazines as well as research work. [13]
Among the coalition’s goals: reducing infant mortality, premature birth and postpartum depression, as well as other health and safety issues facing mothers and infants. In May 2015, the organization's operations moved to Zero to Three, the National Center for Infants, Toddler and Families. [2]