Every two seconds, somewhere in the world, a premature infant is born – the equivalent to about 15 million babies every year.¹ Preterm birth, classified as a birth that takes place before 37 completed weeks of gestation,² is the number one cause of childhood mortality and morbidity.¹ Nutrition plays key role in immediate neonatal survival, growth and development, but is also a major factor for long-term health outcomes.^3-5 Human milk is the best nutrition for preterm infants; however it is not always available or sufficient to meet their high nutritional needs. Danone Research & Innovation has developed a range of nutritional solutions for preterm infants that have been designed to encourage and support the use of human milk, and thus support breastfeeding.