Forbes: To Improve Black Maternal Health, Look To An Untapped Resource: Fathers
HealthLeaders Media: What to Know About the Roiling Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates
An unusual public dispute has erupted among leading maternal health experts over whether the striking rise of U.S. maternal mortality rates over the past two decades was the real deal — or a ...
What to Know About the Roiling Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates
Health Affairs: What Policy Makers Need To Know About The US Maternal Mortality Rate Controversy
Media coverage refuting the existence of a maternal health crisis misses the mark and threatens to undermine progress. While maternal mortality statistics are complex, the overall picture of maternal ...
What Policy Makers Need To Know About The US Maternal Mortality Rate Controversy
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring women and their babies reach their full potential for health and well-being.
Welcome to the maternal health component of the WHO maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) e-handbook. This essential resource provides comprehensive guidance to improve maternal health globally. Addressing the alarming 295 000 annual maternal deaths from preventable complications, the e-handbook highlights cost-effective interventions such as antenatal care, skilled birth ...
WHO fact sheet on maternal mortality with key facts and providing information on MDG 4, where deaths occur, causes, lack of care and WHO response.
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations agencies today. This report, Trends in maternal mortality, reveals alarming setbacks for women’s health over recent years, as maternal deaths either increased or stagnated in nearly all regions of the world. “While pregnancy should be a time of immense ...