The National Premmie Foundation has joined organisations in Europe, Africa and USA, to launch the first-ever World Prematurity Day, in calling on governments worldwide to reduce death and disability caused by premature birth.
Worldwide, 13 million babies are born early every year, including more than 45,000 Australian babies who are admitted to neonatal intensive care or special care units.
The National Premmie Foundation, The March of Dimes, the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, (EFCNI) & Africa-based LittleBigSouls International Foundation are the founding global alliance members of World Prematurity Day. The global alliances hope to harness the power of social media to encourage governments to give top priority to educating health professionals and women about caring for high-risk pregnancies and premature babies.
You can show your support for global prematurity prevention efforts by going to World Prematurity Day Facebook page and joining the virtual campaign by changing your Facebook status to reflect a prematurity awareness message on the 17th November 2011.
In Australia we are celebrating World Prematurity Month with our major focus on World Prematurity Day. Make sure you view our events page to find out what amazing celebrations are happening throughout November hosted by our member groups.
