World Prematurity Day 2025. You may be aware that november is world prematurity awareness day (& month) which shines a spotlight on the special issues facing babies that are born prematurely, whilst celebrating the increasing number of babies who survive. These rates count only live births, yet our new data show that many stillbirths are also born too soon and too small.in 2020, an estimated 13.4 million babies were born prematurely, with nearly 1 million dying from.
According to recent figures from the world health organization (who), more than 13 million babies are born preterm each year, accounting for more than 10% of all live births. Leeds is the only place outside of london to host a tommyโs national centre for preterm birth research, which aims to reduce the ukโs preterm birth rate to 6% by 2025.