Health organizations in Fresno County today announced a new initiative to reduce premature births.
Right now, 11.1 percent of births in the county occur earlier than 37 weeks—that‘s far more than the state average of 8.3 percent. The new initiative, a collaboration between Fresno State, UC San Francisco, Fresno County and other groups and agencies, endeavors to reduce that to only 7 percent by the year 2025.
Sandra Flores of Fresno State is the director of the initiative.