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March 2015

Tomorrow is National Day of Action to Support Home Visiting Extension

The coalition is planning to highlight home visiting and MIECHV on social media all day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3 and is organizing a tweet storm from 1:30-2:30 PM EST. We encourage you to reach out to your contacts in Congressional offices to ask them to participate in the tweet storm.  

March is National Women's History Month

This year's theme "Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives" 
presents the opportunity to weave women's stories - individually and collectively - into the essential fabric of our nation's history. To learn more, click here. 
Also, Child Life Month!
Please join the Child Life Council and the many child life programs around the world in observing Child Life Month. The website offers media opportunities, as well as suggested activities. From education poster sessions, to staff celebrations, to CLC Jeopardy, feel free to share how you celebrate! 
Updated Annotated Bereavement 
Bibliography
Please check out the new FIMR bereavement bibliography on the NFIMR website. 

In This Issue
What to feed very preterm infants to avoid necrotizing enterocolitis

 Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a scourge for the neonatal community. Its occurrence is infrequent enough to make NEC difficult to study, and there are no reliable predictors of who is at highest risk to refine populations for study. Further, NEC occurs in the clinical course beyond the initial period of acute disease. NEC is associated with enteral feeding, a necessary intervention if infants are to survive and grow. The question is what to feed and how to supplement these feeds for optimal growth. Click here to read the full Pediatrics article
� Copyright 2014 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program is a collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.