Infant Mortality

• U.S. infant mortality rate sees biggest increase in 2 decades: CDC

  The CDC's report also noted larger increases for two of the leading causes of infant deaths — maternal complications and bacterial meningitis.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2023
  
• Lack of breastfeeding costs global economy nearly $1B every day: researchers

  A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could have saved $341 billion each year if mothers breastfeed their children for longer, helping prevent early deaths and various diseases.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2019
  
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• Gardens of Grace fills gaps for grieving parents, advocates for better support

  The non-profit aims to offer community-led peer support and information for parents who lost their children.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2019
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• 5 million children likely died because of conflict in Africa: study

  A new study estimates that three infants die of war-related causes for every direct combat death in Africa.

  World

  Aug 30, 2018
• ‘The child lived, they had a name’: Ontario parents hope to end stigma of early infant loss

  Mallory and Dave Holmes were looking forward to becoming new parents but 20 weeks into the pregnancy, they received devastating news.

  Health

  May 16, 2018
• ‘Baby Box’ program launches in Nova Scotia

  Parents of babies born in Nova Scotia after Dec. 1, 2016. are eligible for the Baby Box program.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2017
• What’s killing babies in Canada’s North?

  Nunavut has by far the highest rate of infant death in Canada - and it's gotten higher.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2016
• Halifax researchers hope MicroResearch empowers doctors an ocean away

  MicroResearch is a program that was created five years ago as a joint partnership between Dalhousie University and the IWK, and it focuses on Eastern Africa.

  Health

  Apr 30, 2014