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NYC Takes Aim at Racism, Maternal Mortality 2018-08-01 11:05:02
In New York City, black mothers are 12 times more likely to die from childbirth-related causes than white mothers. Across the nation, their risk is still sky-high - about four times that of white women (one of the reasons the...
Keywords: New York, black women, black women, New York
Read More3 in 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the United States Can Be Prevented: CDC Report 2019-05-08 06:55:41
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that three in five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States can be prevented. Pregnancy-related deaths can happen up to a year after a woman gives birth, according...
Keywords: pregnancy diseases, pregnancy and parenting, pregnancy, diseases
Read MoreA Mother's Nutrition, Her Child's Future 2013-09-25 09:08:12
When we talk about ways the world can help end preventable child deaths, we have to pay greater attention to malnutrition--the cause of almost half of all deaths of children under age 5. But as we think about how to...
Keywords: mother's, mother's, child's, child's
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