01-12-2017 03:32 via topix.com

Community baby shower raises awareness for program designed to fight infant mortality

Dozens of mothers gathered at the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department for a community baby shower to raise awareness for a new program is hoping to reduce pre-term births, one of the leading causes of infant mortality. "What we know about group care and prenatal care and supportive pregnancy care is that it reduces pre-term birth for all women by about 33 percent," said Lisa Amlung-Holloway of the March of Dimes.
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