This is my first Blog. May 1, 2009 I began working as the Director of the Office of Maternal & Infant Health and Infant Mortality Reduction which does business as Women & Infant Vitality Network. Next month will mark the 9th month of this operation to save babies in Hamilton County from dying. If this were a pregnancy, 40 weeks would be the goal. Our goal is to reduce our infant death rate to below the national average. We want to have healthy babies that reach their full potential. So this is about the time in a woman's life before she ever becomes pregnant. That is when she has a chance to prepare her body for the process and purpose of bringing forth a brand new life! A life that she will love and cherish forever. That's what we all want, for ourselves and for all mothers. But, unfortunately, that is not what we have.
In Hamilton County, on average in 2007 -2008, one baby died every three days! There have been 79 infant deaths this year- just between January - September 2009!
So what are we doing about it? What are you doing about it? Did you even know this was a problem? Next Blog I'll detail some of the initiatives in place to reduce infant deaths...
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