Six practices to improve the quality of perinatal care
The death of Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie from complications of childbirth cast a spotlight on the high rates of maternal mortality in the U.S., particularly among Black women. Far from an anomaly, her death highlights the fact that Black women in the U.S. are three times opens in a new tab or window more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. [MedPage Today]
Global data show that the U.S. maternal mortality rate continues to exceed that of other high-income countries. Even more striking, maternal mortality rates among the highest-income Black women are just as high as for low-income white women.
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