The Missouri DHSS released their 2018-2022 Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review. The pregnancy-related deaths are decreasing ...

Top causes of pregnancy-related death: mental health conditions and cardiovascular disease JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Se ...

Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion care established by Roe v. Wade in ...

Ty Roberts started her nonprofit after a difficult birth experience inspired her to become a doula. Now, she helps more women ...

A system of care is a coordinated network of health care services designed to improve outcomes for specific conditions. The state already has systems in place for heart attacks, strokes, and trauma.

Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation’s maternal mortality rate up to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 live first in June of 2022, according to the data.

Existing evidence on maternal mortality due to COVID-19 suggests that pregnant women are at increased risk of severe illness and death from the virus, although the exact magnitude of the risk is still ...

[Among industrialized nations] the U.S. also has the highest maternal mortality rate, which tracks deaths up to 42 days postpartum. That is why Black Maternal Health Week is important to not only ...

Data from the directorate shows that in 2024, health facilities in the Greater Accra Region recorded 163 maternal deaths in 2024, a slight reduction of 170 maternal deaths in 2023.

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate (GRHD) is struggling to meet the global maternal health ratio of less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births due to low skilled delivery. Data from the ...

In 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio was 223 deaths per 100,000 live births.

State health department data on maternal deaths indicate that Indiana’s average maternal mortality rate for the years 2015-2019 is about 52 deaths per 100,000 births — more than twice the most ...