Today is World Prematurity Day In 2013, complications from preterm birth surpassed pneumonia as the leading cause of under-5 deaths. Prematurity accounts for more than 1 million under-5 deaths every year, and more than 60 percent of preterm births occur in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Cost-effective, proven interventions exist to prevent and treat preterm birth complications. Access to voluntary family planning and improving health and nutrition before pregnancy can help prevent preterm birth, and babies born preterm can be cared for with early and exclusive breastfeeding, warmth, and hygiene. The Every Newborn Action Plan, launched in July, seeks to end preventable newborn and maternal deaths and stillbirths within a generation. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is working with partners to support country strategies and ensure mothers and newborns in the world’s most vulnerable places have access to the treatment and prevention needed to achieve this goal. Read More | 
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