• March of Dimes National Prematurity Campaign is a March of Dimes-led multi-year, multi-million dollar campaign to address the growing rate of preterm birth.
• Data Book for Policy Makers: Maternal, Infant and Child Health in the United States, 2008 provides key national and state data and programmatic information on prematurity.
• March of Dimes PeriStats provides up-to-date U.S., state, county, and city maternal and infant health data.
  

Learn more about federal government activities

• Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth: includes the agenda, registration for Day 2 of the conference (Day 1 is by invitation only), and relevant background materials such as the Institute of Medicine report on preterm birth and a description of the charge to the six workgroups.
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: overview of conference agenda and select issues pertaining to preterm birth.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: overview of CDC research and other activities related to preterm birth.