17/11/2023
💜 WORLD PREMATURITY DAY💜
World Prematurity Day 2023 Theme is "Small Actions, BIG IMPACT: Immediate skin-to-skin care for every baby everywhere"
Skin-to-skin contact is helpful for all babies, especially those born early. When it starts right after birth, it helps babies feel touch and love, which is important for beginning and breastfeeding.
Prematurity means babies born before they’ve completed 37 weeks in the womb. Babies can be born early for different reasons. Most of the time, it happens on its own, but sometimes it’s because of health problems during pregnancy, like infections or other issues that make doctors decide to deliver the baby early or do a cesarean birth.
A recent report from the United Nations and its partners shows that about 13.4 million babies were born too soon in 2020.