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ranks 30th among all states according to America’s Health Ranking, a survey conducted by the United Health Foundation.
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has made reducing Virginia’s infant mortality rate a public health priority and State Health Commissioner, Karen Remley, M.D., MBA, has called infant mortality Virginia’s “unseen epidemic.” The commissioner recently established a statewide working group on infant mortality, bringing together medical and health professionals, business, community and faith leaders and civic organizations, to develop strategies and actions to reduce the state’s mortality rate.
“A majority of infant deaths are preventable if we improve the health and nutrition of pregnant
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