We are also supporting pregnant women before they give birth by giving them and their partners access to Sure Start children's centres, which provide a wide range of advice and support services from early pregnancy through early childhood. There will be 3,500 Sure Start centres by 2010, where trained healthcare and childcare professionals will help a million young children and their families to tackle problems such as poor nutrition, low birth weight, parents smoking and access to benefits.

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