WHO REPORT: More and more premature babies
The number on the rise throughout the world. The increasingly late motherhood among the possible causes
(Ansa) LONDON - One in ten children born premature, and many of them have chronic health problems while others do not make it and die in the first month of life. This is the result presented by the non-governmental March of Dimes at the fourth international conference on birth defects and disabilities in developing countries, opened yesterday in New Delhi, India. Data were collected by the World Health Organisation and the concern global population, not limited only to developing countries. And if it's true - as was expected - that the percentages of premature births are higher in Africa (11.9 percent), it is surprising to find in North America (10.6 percent) in second place. This is followed by Asia (9.1 percent), Latin America (8.1 percent), Australia (6.4 percent) and Europe 6.2 per cent). But if you evaluate the percentage of absolute numbers, Africa and Asia stand out in this sad list.
assisted fertilization - still remains surprising given the U.S., because - as reported by the alarmed Wall Street Journal - grew 36 percent in the past 25. In addition, the U.S. data, especially in contrast to those in Africa - where the census of births is more problematic - are much more reliable. The explanation for this deterioration in the conditions of newborn stars and stripes (but the figures are even Canada) would lie according to researchers in the increasingly frequent attempts to have children even in old age. The number of women seeking to become a mother after thirty years of age has increased significantly, with the consequent increased risk of pregnancy problems, and techniques to improve fertility and those of IVF multiple births have increased. The premature births, as well as serious problems health, also require increased spending for public health: an estimated U.S. costs for treating those born before the thirty-seventh week was estimated at 26 billion dollars a year.
Gabriele De Palma by the Corriere della Sera
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