{"id":44461,"date":"2013-12-27T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=44461"},"modified":"2013-12-27T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T21:42:06","slug":"cardboard-boxes-may-be-saving-childrens-lives-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cardboard-boxes-may-be-saving-childrens-lives-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard boxes may be saving children’s lives in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A government initiative in Finland has been credited with possibly helping to lower the infant mortality rate in the country. Finland was named the best place to be a mother<\/a> in 2013, and this may be due, in part, to the caring attitude of both government and community towards both infants and mothers. The country stands in stark contrast to nations such as China and India, where population control<\/a> and gendercide<\/a>\u00a0make motherhood frightening and often impossible, and the Congo, where maternal mortality is highest.<\/p>\n

So what is Finland doing to make parenthood and infancy such a successful experience? One of its many initiatives provides boxes for new parents filled with baby essentials to help parenting start off smoothly. The box contains helpful items like diapers, blankets, gender-neutral clothes, books, and toiletries. The emptied box is often then used as the baby’s first bed. \u00a0The country’s history of providing baby box to new parents dates back to 1938. MSN News reports:<\/p>\n