The cardboard box that holds these items is also fitted with a small, firm mattress and a sheet-which allows it to serve as a safe place for the baby to sleep. Finland now has one of the lowest ...

A London hospital has become the first in the UK to trial Finnish-style ‘baby boxes’ – free starter kits given to all new mums regardless of background said to help reduce rates of infant ...

But baby boxes aren't new. They're an established tradition in Finland, where the government has been issuing new parents with baby boxes - containing a mattress, bedding, and toys - since 1938 ...

3. The Finnish government gives all new families a "baby box." Finland's government sends a maternity package — known as äitiyspakkaus, or a "baby box," — to the parents of newborn children.

Finland has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world—a statistic often credited to its famous “baby boxes.” The government mails these cardboard cribs filled with baby supplies to any ...