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Are you putting your baby to sleep safely? Make sure you're following these guidelines

In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics launched a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of putting their babies to sleep on their backs.

LOS ANGELES -- In Los Angeles County, a baby dies nearly every week from accidental suffocation, the most common form of unintentional death of infants under 1 year old, according to the the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect. But these deaths can be prevented.

The agency's infant safe sleep campaign provides the latest guidelines.

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