Topline The Covid-19 pandemic may have fueled higher levels of maternal and child mortality in more than a dozen of the world’s poorest countries by causing women and children to skip health care visi...
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Documentary ‘Aftershock’ Puts Human Face On Maternal Health Care Crisis Disproportionately Experienced By Black Women
Shawnee Gibson Benton advocates for change in the maternal health care system following the death of … [+] her daughter Shamony Gibson. COURTESY OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE/KERWIN DEVONISH In October ...
Maternal Death Rates Soared During Pandemic—Especially Among Black And Hispanic Women, Study Finds
Topline Maternal deaths soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly among Black and Hispanic women, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, underscoring the vast inequali...
The Uneven Burden Of U.S. Maternal Mortality [Infographic]
Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, women in the U.S. received potentially life-altering news when Politico reported it had obtained a draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at overturning...