Where Your Money Goes
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The money you raise in March for Babies is used to fund important research and programs
that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it helps us
provide information and support to families whose baby was born too soon, or sick.
Here are some of the ways you’ve already helped:
brain:
When a baby is born too soon,
even by just a few weeks, the brain
and other organs haven’t had time
to fully develop. Our researchers
are working on ways to prevent
prematurity so that all babies get
their important nine months.
smile:
Every year, more than 6,800
babies are born with an oral cleft.
Our researchers identified a gene
responsible for the condition and
are working on preventions.
spine:
Fewer babies are born with
neural tube birth defects like
spina bifida as a result of March
of Dimes folic acid education
and fortification campaigns.
lungs:
Surfactant and nitric oxide therapies now
save the lives of tens of thousands of babies
suffering from respiratory distress syndrome
after they were born too soon.
eyes:
Premature birth and certain
birth defects can lead to blindness.
Scientists are studying the genetic
causes of prematurity and developing
treatments to cure vision defects
like retinitis pigmentosa.
heart:
Heart defects affect 1 in every
100 babies and take more lives
than any other birth defect.
Our advances in diagnosis and
surgical treatment mean better
survival rates for the tiniest
heart patients.
heel:
Thanks to our volunteer
advocacy efforts, most states
now screen babies for 21 or
more serious but treatable
conditions. A tiny drop of
blood from a newborn’s
heel could save a life. |
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View the new Public Service Announcement in support of our Prematurity Campaign.
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