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      <title>March of Dimes Invests Nearly Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars in Community Grants to Improve Mom and Baby Health</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Grants Aim To Reduce Preterm Births By Encouraging Pregnancy Spacing, Enhancing Prenatal Care, and Improving Diagnosis of Heart Birth Defects</p></em></p><p><span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - February 28, 2017) - </span> March of Dimes announced today a substantial investment in California community grants. One-year grants totaling $139,000 are being distributed to four new recipients. March of Dimes is also distributing $139,000 to five recipients in their final year of 2015 - 2017 grant projects, with three-year funding totaling more than $560,000. This brings the multi-year investment to $699,000. March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit for pregnancy and baby health. Community grants support March of Dimes vision to close the health inequities gap and improve infant health by reducing the occurrence of birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>March of Dimes Announces Honorees For Annual Celebration of Babies: A Hollywood Luncheon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Jennifer Hudson To Receive 2016 Grace Kelly Award </p></em></p><p><span class="mw_region">LOS ANGELES, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - November 18, 2016) - </span> March of Dimes, the leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, is pleased to announce the 2016 honorees for the sixth annual <strong>March of Dimes <em>Celebration of Babies<strong><em><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 9.1px;">®</sup></em></strong>: A Hollywood Luncheon</em></strong><em>,</em> taking place December 9<sup>th</sup> at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. </p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>March of Dimes and American Medical Response Hold Baby Showers for Hundreds of Inland Empire Families With Babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at Four Area Hospitals During Prematurity Awareness Month</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="left"><span class="mw_region">RIVERSIDE, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - November 09, 2016) - </span>When a baby comes too soon, the family's world is immediately turned upside down. All plans and dreams suddenly are changed, and the family begins riding an emotional roller coaster -- with good and bad days. March of Dimes, the leading organization for pregnancy and baby health, is teaming up with presenting sponsor, American Medical Response (AMR), to hold four baby showers for hundreds of families whose babies came too soon. The baby showers take place this month, Prematurity Awareness Month, at four Inland Empire hospitals: November 3 at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, November 8 at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in San Bernardino County, November 10 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, and November 15 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. Each baby shower starts at 6:00 p.m. </p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>March of Dimes and Sutter Health Renew Multi-Year Sponsor Agreement for March for Babies</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>America's Favorite Walking Event Fights Birth Defects, Preterm Birth, and Infant Mortality </p></em></p><p>
    <span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - May 19, 2016) - </span>March of Dimes and Sutter Health announced today a multi-year <a href="https://www.marchforbabies.org/" rel="nofollow" title="March for Babies">March for Babies</a><sup>®</sup> sponsorship renewal through 2018. March for Babies, <a href="http://www.marchofdimes.org" rel="nofollow" title="March of Dimes">March of Dimes</a> premier fundraiser, supports lifesaving research and educational programs that improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. </p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>AMR Is the 2016 and 2017 Signature Sponsor of Inland Empire March for Babies</p><p></p></em></p><p align="justify">
    <span class="mw_region">RIVERSIDE, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - May 05, 2016) - </span> American Medical Response (AMR) has chosen to increase its support of March of Dimes, the leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, by becoming the 2016 and 2017 Signature Sponsor of the Inland Empire March for Babies campaign, <a href="http://www.marchofdimes.org" rel="nofollow" title="March of Dimes">March of Dimes</a> premier fundraiser. Funds raised through March for Babies help in the fight against premature birth, now the leading cause of death of babies in the United States. Babies who survive an early birth may have lifelong health problems such as cerebral palsy, vision and hearing loss, and learning disabilities. The United States preterm birth rate was 9.6 percent in 2014, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and ranks among the worst in high-resource countries. </p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Local Restaurants Expand Their Fundraising Support for March of Dimes San Diego </p></em></p><p>
    <span class="mw_region">SAN DIEGO, CA </span><span>--(Marketwired - April 01, 2016) - </span>Starting April 1, 100 <a href="http://www.jackintheboxinc.com/responsibility/community" rel="nofollow" title="Jack in the Box">Jack in the Box</a><sup>®</sup> restaurants in the San Diego area
will expand their fundraising efforts to support <a href="http://www.marchofdimes.org" rel="nofollow" title="March of Dimes">March of Dimes</a>, San Diego. Jack in the Box employees, franchisees, and guests are joining forces to increase their impact on ending the number one killer of babies -- premature birth. Premature birth and its complications are now the leading global cause of death for children under five years old. Babies who survive an early birth may have lifelong health problems such as cerebral palsy, vision and hearing loss, and learning disabilities. 1 in 10 babies are born preterm in the U.S., which has one of the highest premature birth rates of any high-resource country. </p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Preterm Birth Places a Multi-Billion-Dollar Burden on Business Annually; March of Dimes and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute Launch New Platform to Estimate the Cost of Prematurity to Businesses</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>The First-of-Its-Kind Online Business Tool That Estimates Preterm Birth Expenses and Offers Recommendations on How to Improve Employees' Birth Outcomes</p></em></p><p><span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - December 10, 2015) - </span>The reality of preterm birth is heart-wrenching and costly. The statistics are sobering. 1 in 10 babies is born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation) each year in the United States. Preterm birth is the number one killer of newborns in the United States. Those babies who survive are at greater risk for lifelong health complications. The average medical cost of preterm babies is twelve times greater than a healthy baby. Childbirth and newborn care are a big part of employers' health insurance costs representing the most expensive conditions billed to commercial insurers for hospital care<sup>1</sup> and accounting for 7 of the top 10 individual hospital procedures billed<sup>2</sup>. How will the next preterm baby impact business? How can businesses prepare for this impact and improve the health of their employees?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Significant Racial and Regional Disparities Among California Communities Highlighted in 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. California Gets a "B" </p></em></p><p><span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - November 05, 2015) - </span>Premature birth is now the leading global cause of death for children under five years old. The United States preterm birth rate was 9.6 percent in 2014, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and ranks among the worst in high-resource countries. California, where the preterm birth rate was 8.3 percent in 2014, lower than the national rate of 9.6 percent, had the fifth-lowest in the country. November is Prematurity Awareness Month and today, March of Dimes released its eighth annual Premature Birth Report Card. "This year's Report Card is disappointing because it shows clear health disparities -- not all families are equally benefiting from recent progress in reducing preterm birth rates. We need to address the serious preterm birth inequities between regions and races within California," said March of Dimes State Program Services Committee Chair Dr. James Byrne, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and clinical professor at Stanford School of Medicine. "Despite seven years of declines in California's overall preterm birth rate due, in part, to significant reductions in early elective deliveries, improved access to health care and aggressive smoking cessation initiatives -- progress is not victory<strong>.</strong>"</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - February 18, 2015) - </span>With the goal of addressing health inequities and reducing the occurrence of birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality, the <a href="http://www.marchofdimes.org/california/default.html" rel="nofollow" title="March of Dimes California Chapter">March of Dimes California Chapter</a> today announced the six recipients of their multi-year community grants program. More than $250,000 will be distributed in the first year of this program, with the remainder of funds contingent upon demonstrated programmatic successes each year through 2018. </p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Heart-Wrenching and Costly, One Baby in Eleven in California Is Born Preterm; March of Dimes Programs in California Lead Nation in Reducing Preterm Births</p></em></p><p><span class="mw_region">SAN FRANCISCO, CA</span><span>--(Marketwired - November 06, 2014) - </span>California's preterm birth rate dropped significantly to a new twenty-four-year low, moving from 9.6 percent in 2013 to 8.8 percent in 2014. November is Prematurity Awareness month and today, as part of the month-long awareness campaign, March of Dimes released its seventh annual <a href="http://www.marchofdimes.org/california/news_11481.html" rel="nofollow" title="Premature Birth Report Card">Premature Birth Report Card</a>. California's preterm birth rate, at 8.8 percent, is well below the March of Dimes 2020 national goal of 9.6 percent and the current national rate of 11.4 percent. California earned an 'A' grade for the second year in a row and improved its rate on the report card. <strong>California is one of only five states to receive an "A" on the 2014 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. And significantly, of the five states to receive an "A", California is the most populous and diverse. </strong></p>]]></description>
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