Background - Prematurity Day 2018 approximately 10% 7% - of all babies in Israel are born prematurely (premature). This is about 14,000 babies every year*. "Premature", according to the definition of the Ministry of Health, is any baby born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Premature babies are at risk of severe morbidity and medical complications. Some do not last and die
On the occasion of International Prematurity Awareness Day, the "Forum for Premature Infants" notes the 2019 State of Prematurity Report: MK Orli Levy-Abacsis, chairman of Gesher and co-chairman of the Forum for Premature Infants in Israel: "The last few days shook the earth under The feet of the residents of Israel, all the more so under protective parents
Despite the danger of rocket fire and the escalation of the security situation, most premature babies in Israel are still not protected and a multi-year national plan for their protection has not yet been formulated. The Forum for Premature Babies calls on the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance to immediately budget about half a billion NIS, which are urgently needed to protect premature babies, before a disaster occurs. Also, the forum reader
A presentation for the "Maccabi" nurses from Tifata Halab, clinic nurses, dieticians and Maccabi's child development team. At the end of the presentation, the sisters heard the song "Hero" and were really moved. To watch: Maccabi conference presentation (1)
After last year's great success, we organized a variety of lectures for you this year on various topics concerning our lives as parents of premature babies. Participation in lectures is free! For links to lectures join our silent WhatsApp group. So what awaits us this month? More details on the Facebook page of the Lehav association and the parents' group on Facebook
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Hospitals report more than 100 percent occupancy in the children's wards due to the virus outbreak • "Nature went crazy - all the winter viruses woke up in the middle of summer," explained the director of the infectious diseases unit in Ichilov • The advisory committee for infectious diseases recommends the advance of the RSV virus vaccine - Ministry of Health
Where to start? In the voice of sanity - there are also babies who will not survive the puerperium, the majority will survive but there are some who will not. Their pictures don't decorate the walls outside the pagoda, but this story is one voice for them and for the mothers whose stories are usually not heard. Our strawberry didn't survive,
Yaffe Hacelot was a young nurse when she noticed that tiny Pega, who had been pronounced dead, was still breathing. For years there was no contact between her and that seven-year-old Sheva Festinger, until fate brought them together
In a discussion held in the finance committee, the chairman of the state doctors organization called for providing a financial safety net for institutions. The director of the French hospital in the city: "You can't come every few months to ask for alms."
The Lehab Association - For Premature Infants in Israel (AR) is a nationwide association established by parents of premature infants and former premature infants for the purpose of promoting and improving the condition of premature infants in Israel, their families, and premature infants in Israel and to reduce the number of premature infants born each year and increase awareness of the dangers of miscarriages.
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