Infant Mortality

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Scotland to follow Scandinavia’s lead and gift all new babies with a starter kit

    Thankfully babies born in Scotland are going to be given a helping hand with the must-need paraphernalia. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that from New Year’s Day 2017, Scottish parents will be gifted “baby boxes”. In Finland, the boxes, which contain around 80 useful items including baby clothes and nappies as well as an actual space for a baby to sleep in, have been credited with cutting infant mortality.

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    New Parents To Be Given Cardboard ‘Baby Boxes’ To Help Tackle Infant Mortality

    New parents leaving hospital are normally sent home with a pack full of advice, some coupons for free nappies, oh and a baby of course. Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital is carrying out the first UK trial of the tradition, which is part of a new strategy to help reduce cot death. The so-called ‘baby boxes’ are popular in Finland, where they have been credited with cutting infant mortality rates from 65 per 1000 in 1938, to 2.3 in 2015.