Bliss (charity) Members of the World Prematurity Network call for actions to prevent preterm birth and to improve care for babies born premature. As well as Bliss, the World Prematurity Network includes: In 2016 Bliss raised over £12,000 from their World Prematurity campaign that focused on the need for high quality, family-centred care for all premature babies. Watch the family-centred care video here. Bliss (charity) Bliss is the leading UK charity for babies born premature or sick. It supports families with a baby in neonatal care, works with health professionals to provide training and improve care for babies, campaigns for improved hospital
Neonatal intensive care unit infant mortality. The development of pulmonary surfactant, which facilitates the oxygenation and ventilation of underdeveloped lungs, has been the most important development in neonatology to date. By the 1970s, NICUs were an established part of hospitals in the developed world. In Britain, some early units ran community programmes, sending experienced nurses to help care for premature babies at home. But increasingly technological monitoring and therapy meant special care for babies became hospital-based. By the 1980s, over 90% of births took place in hospital. The emergency dash from home to the NICU with baby in a transport incubator had become a