,,iv  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #fbe  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,novemb] #af1         
#bjag,mr4 ,br5dan ,f4 ,boyle (          
,p5nsylvania 7= himself & ,ms4 ,norton7 
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce1 & 9 addition to ! ,committee  
on ,=eign ,affairs1 = a p]iod to be     
subsequ5tly det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 ea* 
case = consid]ation ( su* provisions z  
fall )9 ! jurisdiction ( ! committee    
conc]n$  ,,resolution  ,support+ !      
goals1 activities1 & ideals (           
,prematurity ,aw>5ess ,mon?4  ,:]eas    
accord+ to ! ,_w ,heal? ,organization1  
complications ( pret]m bir? n[ outrank  
all o!r causes z ! _w's numb] "o kill] (
 *ildr5 "u #e ye>s ( age2 ,:]eas        
complications ( pret]m bir? acc\nt$ =   
#ce p]c5t ( dea?s among newborns        
globally 9 #bjac2 ,:]eas !re are />k    
inequalities 9 ! survival rates ( pret]m
 babies born ar\nd ! _w2 ,:]eas up to   
#ge p]c5t ( dea?s result+ f pret]m bir? 

worldwide c be prev5t$ ?r\gh prov5      
l[-co/ int]v5tions2 ,:]eas pret]m bir?  
is a global problem1 exact+ a h>% toll  
on families f all p>ts ( society 9 e    
nation2 ,:]eas c\ntries c improve       
mat]nal heal? & ! survival rate ( babies
 born prematurely by mak+ /rategic      
inve/m5ts 9 heal? c>e sy/ems to ensure  
access to high-quality adolesc5t &      
prepregnancy c>e2 pr5atal c>e1 quality  
*ildbir? s]vices1 & em]g5cy ob/etric    
c>e2 z well z compreh5sive c>e = affect$
 newborns2 ,:]eas accord+ to ! ,c5t]s = 
,disease ,control & ,prev5tion1 pret]m  
bir? is ! lead+ contributor to infant   
dea? 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas :ile !   
,unit$ ,/ates pret]m bir? rate decreas$ 
f a peak ( #ab4h p]c5t 9 #bjjf to #i4h  
p]c5t 9 #bjaf1 ! rate is /ill too high2 
,:]eas ! ,m>* ( ,dimes #bjag ,premature 
,bir? ,report ,c>d aw>d$ ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 a ,c due to p]si/5tly high rates (     
pret]m bir?2 ,:]eas _m ,unit$ ,/ates    
communities exp]i5ce significant racial 
& e?nic disp>ities 9 pret]m bir? rates2 

,:]eas ! ,in/itute ( ,m$ic9e e/imat$ 9  
#bjjf t ! annual societal economic co/  
associat$ ) pret]m bir? 9 ! ,unit$      
,/ates 0 #bf4b billion2 ,:]eas _m pret]m
 bir?s c be prev5t$ ?r\gh evid5ce-bas$  
public heal? programs focus$ on r$uc+   
risk factors1 su* z tobacco use1        
inadequate bir? spac+1 & e>ly elective  
deliv]ies2 & ,:]eas 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & 
ar\nd ! _w ,novemb] is recogniz$ z      
,prematurity ,aw>5ess ,mon?3 ,n[1 !re=e1
 be x  ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--   
7#a7 supports ! recognition (           
,prematurity ,aw>5ess ,mon?2  7#b7      
supports ef=ts at home & abroad to--    
7,a7 r$uce ! impact ( pret]m bir?s by   
improv+ mat]nal heal? prepregnancy &    
po/pregnancy2 &  7,b7 advance ! c>e &   
treatm5t ( infants born pret]m2  7#c7   
honors ^? work+ dome/ically &           
int]nationally to r$uce pret]m bir?s2 & 
7#d7 expresses ! int5t ( ! ,h\se (      
,repres5tatives to promote evid5ce-bas$ 
prev5tion int]v5tions to prev5t pret]m  
bir? & improve outcomes = affect$       

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