U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world...
   
  Melinda Gates says,
   
  "It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when these deaths are so easily preventable," Gates wrote. "Three out of four newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical cords and knit caps to keep babies warm."
   
  ~~So how come in the US, where we have everything money can buy, is our rate so appalling?  What about optimal infant nutrition practices?  The article puts "modern contraception" in the forefront, as a marker of survival; folks, that's not what it's about...duh...Annalee Hulburt
   
  see full article~
  http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html


      Annalee Hulburt, IBCLC, RLC
  Lactation Consultants of San Diego
  www.BreastfeedingSanDiego.com
  858.740.7900




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