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What is the Theme for 2011?

As part of a national effort to save babies from premature birth the March of Dimes has designated November as Prematurity Awareness Month. The campaign was launched on January 30, 2003 and has two goals:

1. raise public awareness of the problems of prematurity
2. decrease the rate of preterm birth in the U.S.

The campaign:

• Funds research to the causes of premature birth
• Encourages investment of public and private research dollars to identify causes and to identify and test promising interventions
• Educates women about risk-reduction strategies and the signs and symptoms of premature labor
• Provides information and emotional support to families affected by prematurity
• Advocates to expand access to health care coverage to improve maternity care and infant health outcomes
• Helps health care providers to improve risk detection and address risk factors
• Generates concern and action around the problem

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