Fetal Stimulation—A Preventative Therapy

Our world is shrinking because of computerized linkages and the mobility of society. Information is shared rapidly around the world. Issues surrounding newborn and infant nursing are global. In efforts to acknowledge the international community, each Newborn and Infant Nursing Review issue will feature a column that highlights care-related issues from a featured country or region of the world. This article focuses on South Africa. Newborn and infant health issues are global ones. To review issues occurring in different areas of the world, a different area of the globe will be featured that addresses Newborn and Infant Nursing Review's theme-oriented topic. This month Pretoria, South Africa, will be featured. Our guest author is Welma Lubbe, LittleSteps Program http://www.littlesteps.co.za/. This month's article focuses on fetal development.

Keywords: Fetal stimulation, Fetal therapeutics, Prenatal stimulation