Mortality

Social Media Campaign Shines Light on Black Maternal Health Efforts

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Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.

Rallying Around Sisters: How Riverside University Health System-Public Health Brings the Community Together to Support Black Maternal Health 

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// By Althea Fung // Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.