Shelby Anderson
October 7, 2009
11:53 pm
Around the world, many babies are born prematurely and nearly a million of them die from it. One in ten of the babies born are prematurely, which means they haven‘t been in the womb for more than thirty-seven weeks. About thirteen million babies are born this way mostly in Africa and Asia. North America is also a nation that has a high rate of babies born prematurely. There are many different factors that affect pregnancies and are not always attributed to where the mother is living. Even the nations with expensive neonatal care units can have high rates of premature labors. Pregnant women in underdeveloped countries are being taught to carry their babies who are born prematurely on their front. This is called “kangaroo care” because it mimics the way kangaroo mothers keep their joeys warm by keeping them close to their own bodies. Health organizations are hoping this will bring the mortality rates of premature children down and help these children stay healthy longer.
I think this is a very unique way to battle the mortality rate of premature babies. Some of these women do not have the technology to take care of their children like we do here in the USA and its extremely hard for them to take care of children who have severe medical needs. Its awful how many children are lost because they were born to early to develop all the way and there is no way to take care of them. I really wish we knew why these children are born this way.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33165131/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
2 comments:
Premature children is also a problem in the US because of people doing things like smoking, drinking, and using drugs during their pregnancy. While still terrible, at least the US has the technology to give these children a chance when they come out premature. Without that, I can't even imagine how terrible that situation could be.
This shocks me and yet again proves the need to better educate the world to try to make numbers like these go down
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