TheMarchofDimes said it hopes the decline in the rate of preterm births will be the start of a new trend in improved maternal and infant health.
出生缺陷基金会表示,他们希望这一早产儿比率的下降会是一个母亲和婴儿健康状况改善的开端。
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In addition to the health toll, premature births in 2005 cost the country at least $26 billion, or more than $51, 600 per infant born early, according to theMarchofDimes.
TheMarchofDimes has taken what began in Ohio and a few other select states and extended it nationwide in a campaign it's calling "Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait."
The March of Dimes组织在俄亥俄州和部分省开始实施,并将在全国范围宣传“健康婴儿值得等待”。