,,iii  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #cai  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,novemb] #a1 #bjag    
,mr4 ,br[n 7= himself & ,mr4 ,isakson7  
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,heal?1       
,education1 ,labor1 & ,p5sions          
,,resolution  ,support+ ! goals1        
activities1 & ideals ( ,prematurity     
,aw>5ess ,mon?4  ,:]eas1 accord+ to !   
,_w ,heal? ,organization1 complications 
( pret]m bir? is n[ ! numb] "o kill] (  
*ildr5 "u #e ye>s ( age worldwide2      
,:]eas #a1ajj1jjj *ildr5 die e ye> due  
to complications ( pret]m bir?2 ,:]eas  
pret]m bir? is a global problem t exacts
 a h>% toll on families f all p>ts (    
society 9 e c\ntry2 ,:]eas !re are />k  
inequalities 9 ! survival rates ( pret]m
 babies born ar\nd ! _w2 ,:]eas         
complications f pret]m bir? h lifelong  
consequ5ces = ! heal?1 gr[?1 &          
developm5t ( infants2 ,:]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 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
 & pre-pregnancy c>e1 pr5atal c>e1      
*ildbir? s]vices1 em]g5cy ob/etric c>e1 
po/natal c>e1 & compreh5sive c>e =      
affect$ newborns2 ,:]eas accord+ to data
 collect$ by ! ,c5t]s = ,disease        
,control & ,prev5tion1 pret]m-relat$    
causes are ! lead+ contributors to      
infant dea? 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 acc\nt+ =
 m ?an #a_/c ( infant dea?s2 ,:]eas :ile
 ! pret]m bir? rate 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates   
decreas$ f a peak ( #ab4h p]c5t 9 #bjjf1
 ! pret]m bir? rate ( #i4h p]c5t 9 #bjaf
 is /ill too high2 ,:]eas !re are       
significant racial & e?nic disp>ities 9 
pret]m bir? rates among _m communities 9
 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas ! ,in/itute (  
,m$ic9e ( ! ,national ,academies e/imat$
 9 #bjjf t ! annual societal economic   
co/ associat$ ) pret]m bir? 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates 0 #bf1bjj1jjj1jjj2 ,:]eas _m     

pret]m bir?s c be prev5t$ ?r\gh         
evid5ce-bas$ public heal? programs      
focus$ on r$uc+ risk factors su* z      
tobacco use1 inadequate bir? spac+1 &   
e>ly elective deliv]ies2 & ,:]eas1 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates & ar\nd ! _w1 ,novemb] is 
recogniz$ z ,prematurity ,aw>5ess ,mon?3
 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,s5ate-- 7#a7   
supports ! recognition ( ,prematurity   
,aw>5ess ,mon?2  7#b7 supports ef=ts at 
home & abroad-- 7,a7 to r$uce ! impact (
 pret]m bir?s by improv+ mat]nal heal?  
dur+ & aft] pregnancy2 &  7,b7 to       
advance ! c>e & treatm5t ( infants born 
pret]m2  7#c7 honors individuals work+  
dome/ically & int]nationally to r$uce   
pret]m bir?s2 &  7#d7 expresses ! int5t 
( ! ,s5ate to promote evid5ce-bas$      
prev5tion int]v5tions to prev5t pret]m  
bir? & improve outcomes = affect$       
infants4