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Double tragedy highlights risk in Black maternal deaths
19 Apr 2024 01:54 GMT
… 1%, according to a 2024 maternal death briefing DHEC prepared for state … region has higher rates of maternal mortality, and data suggests South Carolina … abstractor for DHEC’s maternal mortality review program.
Historically, maternal mortality has been higher …
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Local doula-in-training brings awareness to growing maternal mortality rate in Arkansas
19 Apr 2024 01:16 GMT
… Arkansas with the first highest maternal mortality rate in the United States … Arkansas, Black women die from maternal mortality at a rate of 71 …
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Hate Incident: White Supremacist Letter to Legislators, AG Bonta Says Black Maternal Deaths Are God’s Will
18 Apr 2024 21:16 GMT
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Maxim Elramsisy, Lila Brown and Joe W. Bowers Jr.| California Black Media
A member of a White supremacist group wrote a racist letter addressed to members of the California Legislature and Attorney General Rob Bonta claiming deaths …
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India could bring maternal deaths down to 70 per 1 lakh live births: UNFPA report
18 Apr 2024 15:33 GMT
… strides in reducing maternal mortality, with its share of global maternal deaths dropping to … and 2020, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100,000 … reduced by nearly one fifth, maternal death rate lowered by one third …
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Sens. Katie Britt, Laphonza Butler introduce bill to fund maternal mortality research
18 Apr 2024 14:00 GMT
… to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths and improve health care for … protect mothers and end preventable maternal deaths,” said Senator Butler.
The NIH … maternal mortality and severe morbidity, and aim to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths …
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Heart disease linked to maternal deaths? New ICMR study attempts to join dots
18 Apr 2024 01:55 GMT
… in pregnancy, the maternal mortality cannot come down further … two-thirds of the maternal deaths. “Congenital heart diseases … leading causes of maternal deaths were haemorrhage or uncontrolled … Top three causes of maternal mortality*:
Haemorrhage: 47%
Pregnancy …
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Rising US maternal mortality: Impact of surveillance practices
17 Apr 2024 23:49 GMT
… maternal mortality surveillance have led to an increased maternal mortality …
Takeaways
Implementation of maternal death checkboxes on death … included direct obstetrical deaths, indirect obstetrical deaths, late maternal deaths, pregnancy-associated …
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Black Maternal Health Week: An OB-GYN Reveals Detrimental Misconceptions Regarding Maternal Mortality
17 Apr 2024 18:22 GMT
… , the matter of maternal mortality can overwhelm anyone. The … awareness around the Black maternal mortality crisis, but often … contributors to Black maternal mortality is weathering. Weathering … health outcomes, including maternal mortality.
For every parent …
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Maternal mortality: Your ethnicity is a strong determinant of whether you survive childbirth
17 Apr 2024 13:03 GMT
… its most disturbing findings regard maternal mortality, which refers to deaths during … have a higher maternal mortality ratio (the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 … result in nearly 500 preventable maternal deaths a day. And aside from …
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Citizen TV ›› Dr Kiarie: Right now the estimate of maternal mortality is 355 deaths in 100,000 births in Kenya
17 Apr 2024 07:35 GMT