Leading Black Cardiologists and medical professionals share their professional and personal experience with Black Maternal mortality and morbidity – the health of women during preconception, pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum – […]
The Link Between Stillbirth & Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Firsthand Accounts from American Women
The Link Between Stillbirth & Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Firsthand Accounts from American Women
America is seen as a leading developed country in almost all aspects, including our medical and technology sectors. Billions of dollars are spent each year on health care innovation; yet […]
Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project
Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project
Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project’s mission is to increase awareness of the Black maternal health crisis and develop and promote evidence-based strategies that improve health outcomes for Black birthing people […]
Closing the Racial Maternal Health Gap with Better Data
Closing the Racial Maternal Health Gap with Better Data
Surgo Ventures hosted a virtual panel event on October 20, 2021: Closing the Racial Maternal Health Gap with Better Data. Experts discussed how we can pair better data with better […]
I PROMOTE-IL
I PROMOTE-IL
I PROMOTE-IL is one of nine projects funded by HRSA’s State Maternal Health (MHI) Innovation Program. The MHI program was developed to support states implementing novel approaches to address maternal […]
Reversing the US Maternal Mortality Crisis
Reversing the US Maternal Mortality Crisis
The Aspen Health Strategy Group met in October 2020 to take on hard questions related to the maternal mortality crisis and to develop a portfolio of five recommendations to address […]
Beyond Pregnancy
Beyond Pregnancy
This is a campaign from Preeclampsia.org which focuses not just on repeating that preeclampsia survivors have risks beyond pregnancy, but recognizing its emotional impact and educating and empowering the community […]
Johns Hopkins COVID-19, Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition Repository
Johns Hopkins COVID-19, Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition Repository
This repository was compiled by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and provides an overview of research on COVID-19, maternal and child health (including infants), and nutrition. This repository includes scientific publications from 1 February 2020 […]
Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Primer
Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Primer
Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key step in crafting health care delivery and policy solutions at the state or federal level. This data brief […]
Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality A Comprehensive Policy Blueprint
Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality A Comprehensive Policy Blueprint
This report provides a comprehensive policy framework to eliminate racial disparities in maternal and infant mortality. Too often, policy conversations about maternal and infant health take place separately despite the […]
Review to Action – Maternal Mortality Review Map and State Profiles
Review to Action – Maternal Mortality Review Map and State Profiles
Maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) identify, review, and analyze maternal deaths, and disseminate and act on findings. Not every state in the U.S. has a MMRC, but every day momentum […]
Tribally-led Maternal Mortality Review Committees
Tribally-led Maternal Mortality Review Committees
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, NIHB is working to assist Tribes and Tribal organizations in exploring the possibilities of designing and […]
CDC Maternal Mortality Reports
CDC Maternal Mortality Reports
This website from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics includes maternal mortality statistics, review of data quality, and new coding criteria.
MMRIA/Review to Action
MMRIA/Review to Action
Review to Action promotes the maternal mortality review process as the best way to understand why maternal mortality in the United States is increasing and prioritize interventions to improve maternal […]
Obstetric Emergencies in Rural Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities
Obstetric Emergencies in Rural Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities
New rural maternal health research brief: Obstetric Emergencies in Rural Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities. This policy brief from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center describes the challenges rural hospitals […]
Open Letter: National Call for Birth Justice and Accountability
Open Letter: National Call for Birth Justice and Accountability
In the United States, women are more likely to die from complications of pregnancy and birth than in any other high-resource country. Black and Indigenous women are 2 to 3 times more […]
Hear Her Campaign
Hear Her Campaign
CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health is committed to healthy pregnancies and deliveries for every woman. The Hear Her campaign supports CDC’s efforts to prevent pregnancy-related deaths by sharing potentially life-saving messages about urgent warning signs. Women know […]
The MCH Navigator
The MCH Navigator
The website has a variety of learning resources as well as videos, modules on multiple topics – self-directed, semi-structured learning, etc.
Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them
Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them
In this report, the GAO describes, among other things, (1) trends in pregnancy-related deaths in the United States, including trends in causes and timing of these deaths, and (2) HHS […]