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March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. [1] The organization was founded by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio.
On Prematurity Awareness Day, the March of Dimes issues its annual Premature Birth Report Card, which grades the nation and each individual state on preterm birth rates. The first report card was issued in 2008. [4] White Paper on Prematurity In 2009, the March of Dimes partnered with the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the ...
March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, is a charitable walking event sponsored by the March of Dimes. It began in 1970 as the first charitable walking event in the United States. [1] The name was changed after the 2007 event. March for Babies is held yearly in 1,100 communities across the nation.
[1] [2] As of 2020 March of Dimes classified 1095 of 3139 of U.S. counties (34.9%) as maternity care deserts. [3] Its 2022 report indicated an increase of nearly 2%, with 1119 of 3142 US counties (35.6%) considered maternity care deserts, affecting a population of over 5.6 million women.
World Prematurity Day is observed on 17 November each year to raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. [1] Approximately 15 million babies are born preterm each year, accounting for about one in 10 of all babies born worldwide. [ 2 ]
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 ...
These realisations motivated Lawn and Mary Kinney with the March of Dimes and 50 partner agencies to author the Born Too Soon Global Action Report on preterm birth, the first ever estimates of preterm birth by country. [24] [28] [29] They found that 44% of child deaths globally occurred during the first month. [30]
Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. [1] Extreme preterm [ 2 ] is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 28 and 32 weeks, early preterm birth occurs between 32 and 34 weeks, late preterm birth is ...