Our Mission:

The mission of the National Perinatal Foundation is to support education, research and development of public policy to improve
the health of all pregnant women and infants.

Welcome to the National Perinatal Foundation. We are dedicated to raising awareness of perinatal issues among the public. What does perinatal mean? Perinatal is defined as: Relating to preconception health, pregnancy, childbirth and infancy. Perinatal issues touch each and every one of us during our lives. For many, pregnancy, childbirth and infancy is a joyous time. But for others, it is not.

Every day, women and infants die or become physically or mentally impaired from problems beginning before conception and from complications of pregancy and infancy.  Why?  Because many women and infants are unable to obtain culturally sensitive and appropriate perinatal services.

These problems don't exist only in developing countries...they exist in the United States, today!

The mission of the National Perinatal Foundation is to raise, manage, and provide funds that are dedicated to supporting perinatal and family health through appropriate, high quality, culturally sensitive research, clinical services, and educational programs.