Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year

Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year – study

By Agence France-Presse

May 10, 2023 12:37 am

PARIS: Providing simple and cheap health care measures to pregnant women — such as offering aspirin — could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, new research said on Tuesday.

An international team of researchers also estimated that one-quarter of the world's babies are born either premature or underweight, adding that almost no progress is being made in this area.

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