Infancy

Save the Children Romania and tennis player Sorana Cirstea have endowed the Targoviste Maternity Unit with four vital sign monitors and 12 neonatal infusion pumps worth almost 23,000 euros purchased with the support of the campaigners for the reduction of infant mortality.

A newborn boy, who was found abandoned at the entrance of a Thessaloniki apartment block on Tuesday, was later being treated at the northern port city's Ippokrateio Hospital, along with the infant's 24-year-old mother who was traced to a nearby apartment.

A couple rescued a baby in India, buried alive in a clay pot, according to BGNES. The spouses came to the cemetery to bury their daughter, who was stillborn.

The workers which were digging the grave have encountered a clay pot at a depth of about a meter. There was a baby inside the pot who showed signs of life.

Ceramic vessels, sometimes fashioned in whimsical animal forms, were used thousands of years ago as baby bottles to feed infants animal milk, according to scientists, offering an intriguing look at how and what infants were fed in prehistoric times.

The government is planning the birth of over 66,000 babies in 2019 - it is clear from the measures in the Demographic Development Plan implementation plan published for public discussion.

A forensic examination of the body of a 4-month-old baby which died on February 21 in the town of Tyrnavos, central Greece, attributed the infant's death to a respiratory infection, the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported.
Coroners ran tests on tissue samples and blood samples were sent to the National Meningitis Center to determine the cause of death.

France's national health agency Anses says it has found chemicals in babies' nappies that exceed safety levels, reported BBC. 

Tests found levels above safety thresholds for substances potentially dangerous to human health, and lower levels of others including the controversial weedkiller glyphosate.

Anses said its nappy tests were the first of their kind in the world.

According to the Ministry of Health, over 11,500 fewer babies were born this year than in the past few years. 

According to doctors, the main reasons are the poor economic situation and the tendency for more and more women to give birth to their first child in old age.

Romania's infant mortality rate remains two times higher than the EU average rate, a release of the Save the Children Romania sent to AGERPRES informs.

Every year in Bulgaria, about 6,000 children are born prematurely, weighing less than 2,500 grammes. This figure has remained unchanged over the years. However, doctors note there is a good trend showing that more and more premature babies survive, even those born in the middle of pregnancy. The data was revelaed on the day Bulgarua marks the feast of St.