Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth

Monday, June 16, 2008- Tuesday, June 17, 2008
8:00 am ET
Location: webcast

The Office of the Surgeon General and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development invite you to attend the Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth via webcast.

Preterm birth remains one of the most complicated and difficult to address research and public health issues in obstetrics and pediatrics. More than 12 percent of all babies born in the United States are born preterm, and this rate continues to rise.

The purposes of the Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth are to:

1. Increase awareness of preterm birth in the United States
2. Review key findings and reports issued by experts in the field
3. Establish a national agenda for activities in both the public and private sectors to address this growing public health problem

View the Webcast

The live webcast can be viewed starting at 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time on June 16, 2008 at: http://videocast.nih.gov.

Conference Materials

• Conference materials including the agenda and welcome from the Surgeon General can be viewed here.
• Comments directed at specific workgroups can be emailed prior to the conference.
• Post conference materials will be available on the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) website.

We encourage you to invite your colleages and peers to join us as we discuss the prevention of preterm birth in the United States.