{"id":9363,"date":"2025-03-01T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/imimep\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:19:26","slug":"imimep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/chca\/imimep\/","title":{"rendered":"chca\/imimep ~  Infant Mortality Elimination Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/chca\/imimep.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Infant Mortality Program<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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The\n\n\n  report included twenty (20) recommendations to reduce the number of Delaware babies who die before their first birthday, and eliminate\n\n\n  the racial disparity in the rate at which these babies die. The report also concluded that healthy women have healthy babies.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC) was estabished as a successor to the IMTF to advocate for, and oversee, the\n\n\n  implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  To learn about the recommendations of the IMTF:\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/infantmortalityreport.pdf\">Report of the IMTF<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  To learn about the implementation of the IMTF recommendations:\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"imdhmichome.html\">Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"imimep.html\">Infant Mortality Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"prematureprov.html\">Prematurity Prevention Program (Provider Information)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  To learn about how we are tracking progress:\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/hp\/annrepvs.html\">Infant Mortality Data (Vital Statistics Reports)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/courts.delaware.gov\/childdeath\/docs\/AnnualReportFINALFY0809--.pdf\">The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) in\n\n\n    Delaware<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/hp\/prams.html\">Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/courts.delaware.gov\/childdeath\/reports.htm\">Child Death, Near Death and Stillborn Commission (Reports)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  To learn about becoming an Advocate:\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"imdhmichome.html\">Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  To learn about available Health and Social Services:\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dmma\/\">Delaware Medicaid and Medical Assistance<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"imprenatalcare.html\">Enhanced Prenatal and Postpartum Care Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/chs\/chsfamilyplanning.html\">Family Planning<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/healthylifestyles.html\">Healthy Lifestyles<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/chs\/chshvp.html\">Home Visiting Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/dethrives.com\/healthy-women-healthy-babies\/women\">Preconception Care Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"premaclient.html\">Prematurity Prevention (Information for Women)<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"imprenatalcare.html\">Prenatal and Postpartum Care Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/chs\/chssmartstart.html\">Smart Start<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"\/dph\/chs\/chswic.html\">Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  \u00a0\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  <\/p><p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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