Baton Rouge hospital can distribute newborn supply kits to help parents following birth of their child [Video]

BATON ROUGE — Woman’s Hospital in Louisiana is now the sixth recipient in the state to distribute Maternal Health and Newborn Supply Kits.

These kits are part of the Maternal Health and Newborn Supply Kit program, a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Baby2Baby, a non-profit.

The kits can include diapers, wipes, formula, and breastfeeding pumps. The initiative launched two years ago targeting three states — Arkansas, New Mexico, and Louisiana — because of their poverty and maternal mortality rates.

Five organizations have already distributed about 2,000 throughout Louisiana, and Woman’s Hospital is the sixth to join the effort.

“To be able to have these key essential items right after you give birth is huge to our families,” Woman’s Hospital Cheri Johnson saidThe kits are designed to help alleviate the financial and emotional burdens that can come with a new child.

“That is really …