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Director's Opening Statement on the FY 2013 President's Budget Request for the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations | NICHD

Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., Director, presented the FY 2013 President's Budget Request for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), totaling $1,320,600,000. This statement marks the 50th anniversary of NICHD, highlighting the Institute's significant contributions to health, including a 50% drop in SIDS and a 70% drop in respiratory distress syndrome, and nearly eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission. The NICHD continues to support vital research and foster scientific talent, looking forward to another fifty years of "Research for a Lifetime."