November 17th is a very important day and as it is only the second time this day has ever carried so much importance, very few people realise just how significant November 17th is. November 17th is World Prematurity Day, a day of events and activities organised by over 50 international organisations in order to raise […]
infant mortality
Whooping cough vaccine: a necessity
A new £10 million programme which will ensure that 650,000 pregnant women are vaccinated against whooping cough has been launched in the U.K after 10 infants under 10 weeks old became victims of the bacterial infection and countless more were hospitalised. What is whooping cough? Whooping cough is a bacterial infection, which as the name […]