In Spain, 28,000 premature babies are born every year (before week 37 of gestation), which is one of every 13 births, one of the highest rates in the EU. They are data of the Association of Parents of Premature Children (Aprem).
These children need specific care and due to their low weight and size at birth, also adapted diapers. Dodot has announced that as of January 2019 it will donate 800,000 diapers of its new range of premature babies to Spanish hospitals, for children born preterm who have to remain admitted to the Neonatology Units.
With a size three times smaller than a normal newborn diaper, Dodot's diaper It is suitable for babies weighing less than 800 grams. Because as they warn from the company, "Something seemingly simple as diaper change, can increase the risk of injury" in large premature babies (born before the 32nd week of gestation).
According to Dodot, his new diaper has been devised “After more than 10,000 hours of research and 100 interviews with neonatal nurses”.
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It's the video title of the new Dodot diaper campaign, where it highlights "the great fighting spirit that premature babies show".
The company will donate one euro to the Association of Parents of Premature Children (APREM) each time it is shared. We already started.
Great premature
In Spain the number of preterm births has increased by 36% between 1996 and 2015, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). According to their calculations, in 2015 (last year for which data exists), 2,575 premature babies were born in Spain between weeks 28 to 31 of gestation and 1,015, even earlier.
They are what are called 'Great premature babies', born below 32 weeks or weighing less than 1,500 kg, explains the Aprem. He adds that they must remain in the Neonatology Units for a while and will have a greater risk of having problems in their development. They are born with an immaturity of their organs and systems (breathing, temperature control, digestion, metabolism, ...), which makes them more vulnerable to diseases and more sensitive to external agents (light, noise, etc.).
But despite the fact that Spain is one of the countries with the highest prematurity rate, it is in the world elite in the survival of these children: up to 95% of babies born after the 28th week of gestation get ahead.
According to the president of the Spanish Society of Neonatology (SENeo) the secret is that the Neonatology Units of Spanish hospitals are "very well endowed and removing those who have a serious congenital disease, or a cerebral or cardiac malformation, the problems are solved with great efficiency".
More information about the causes and complications of large premature babies.
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