How Baltimore cut its infant mortality rate: Saving the Smallest

Friday Dec 11th, 2015

Da'Naejah Felton was 16 and only a couple weeks from starting her junior year of high school when she learned she was pregnant.

Njkema Smith was 36 when she delivered her first baby in June. Both women were surprised by their pregnancies. Both were at high risk for problems, including losing their babies. Both were scared.

Smith and Felton have something else in common: They live in Baltimore, and when each delivered a baby boy, they were supported and cared for by a coordinated, comprehensive infant mortality prevention program that's been lauded as a national model for keeping women and their babies safe.

Read more at: http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2015/12/can_baltimores_infa...

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