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March Of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Month
March Of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Month
November is Prematurity Awareness Month at the March of Dimes . Launched on January 30, 2003, the Campaign has two goals: (1) to raise public awareness of the problems of prematurity and (2) to decrease the rate of preterm birth in the U.S. The campaign: Funds research to find the ...
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