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Can Women Save The World?

By: Lori Sokol, PhD (Executive Director) | April 24, 2019

“We gain from peace and stability. They gain from lawlessness.”

Latina Health Under Attack, As Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Worsens

By: Diana N. Derige | October 9, 2018

Despite potential repercussions, few in public heath circles are paying due attention.

Maternal Health

To Curb Maternal Death, U.S. Hospitals Urged to Weigh Bleeding Pads

By: Marsha Walton | June 20, 2016

Getting hospitals to stop estimating blood loss and start quantifying it—going from “EBL to QBL”–is now a major goal of an effort to reduce postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death that disproportionately afflicts black women.

Pregnancy

Call in the Doula: When Your Pregnant Students Need More

By: Anna Limontas-Salisbury | May 31, 2016

The Brooklyn Library’s young adult literacy program includes workshops on stop-and-frisk policing, urban farming and HIV/AIDS. But we needed to offer more to young women with unexpected pregnancies and lots of concerns.

Maternal Health
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Abortion is on the Agenda at Women Deliver: ‘Elephant in the Room’

By: Anubha Bhonsle | May 16, 2016

This week’s big gathering in Denmark also features the McKinsey Institute’s latest research on the wage gap and a new philanthropic initiative co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Mette-Marit, crown princess of Norway.

Maternal Health

Could ‘Birth Budgets’ Help U.S. Women Navigate Coverage Gaps?

By: Elizabeth Dawes Gay | May 5, 2016

A U.K. proposal sounds like a Mother’s Day present for U.S. women looking for more maternity care choices from their private insurance. It could also help tackle poor birth outcomes in the U.S., particularly among black women.

Maternal Health

Congressional Briefing Puts U.S. Maternity on Exam Table

By: Elizabeth Dawes Gay | April 15, 2016

“There’s been a huge collapse of the health system in rural areas,” one doctor said. “I still have patients that don’t have a car or live so far out that they don’t have access to a bus system.”

Commentary

Cancel the Party: Here’s a Killjoy Memo for U.S. Women

By: Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett | March 8, 2016

Instead of celebrating progress, we have to ask why we fare so poorly compared to many other countries. From being underpaid to losing abortion access, it’s a depressing list. But let’s not look away.

Reproductive Health

Simple Language Helps Catch a Killer: Preeclampsia

By: Dr. Whitney You and /Por Alison Bowen | January 5, 2015

It’s a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide and my research indicates women often can’t identify or describe the condition even if they have it. We’ve developed a low-literacy, low-cost information tool to help.

Maternal Health

National Initiative Tackles Rising U.S. Maternal Deaths

By: Robin Hindery | January 4, 2015

It starts with a focus on such preventable killers as obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia and blood clot embolisms. “The goal is that every hospital in the country should implement maternity safety bundles; a standard set of best practices,” says a doctor leading the effort.

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