Producing premature babies continues to trouble the world, with African countries including those in the East African region hit hardest. According to research, almost 350,000 African children die from preterm birth complications. Every year around 40,500 Rwandan babies are born preterm.
A premature birth is a birth that takes place more than three weeks before the baby is due -- in other words, after less than 37 weeks of pregnancy, which usually lasts about 40 weeks.
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