Irish Neonatal Health Alliance

The INHA is Ireland’s first collaborative platform and network to represent the interests of preterm infants, ill infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) and their families.

It comprises of families affected by a preterm birth, multi-disciplinary healthcare experts, educators, researchers, political decision makers and industry partners who share the common goal of reducing the incidence of preterm birth in Ireland, supporting families with infants in the NICU and improving the long-term health of preterm infants by ensuring the optimum prevention, treatment, care and support.

Our vision is to support and empower families affected by prematurity by advocating increased awareness, improved pre-conceptual, ante-natal and post natal education, equitable and standardised neonatal care and improved long-term care for both the premature baby and the family.

A premature birth is a birth that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

1 in 10 babies are born prematurely
15 million babies are born prematurely globally every year
1 million premature babies dies every year
Premature babies are classified as Extremely Preterm - < 28 weeks, Very Preterm - 28-32 weeks, Moderately Preterm - 32-34 weeks, Late Preterm -34-26 weeks

Did you know that Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill,Sir Isaac Newton, Stevie Wonder, Mark Twain, Anna Pavlova were all born preterm. Stevie Wonder lost his sight due to his preterm birth.

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