The Maternal Health Task Force recently had the pleasure of interviewing Saraswathi Vedam, Principal Investigator, Birth Place Lab, and Associate Professor, Division of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia about her innovative study assessing the integration of midwifery across the United States…read more
World Maternal Mental Health Day: Perinatal Mental Health Issues Affect Mothers, Fathers and Families
Posted onWhen Home Birth Is Not a Choice
Posted onWhile advocacy efforts around home birth—typically in high-income countries—tend to center on women’s rights to choose where they will have their babies, it is important to remember that home birth is not always a choice. Particularly in low-resource settings, women sometimes deliver at home not because they want to, but because they have to…read more
Housing instability is an important (yet overlooked) factor in the maternal health crisis
Posted onDeterminants of the utilization of postpartum family visits: Evidence from rural areas of Eastern China
Posted onMaternal mortality in Mexico, beyond millennial development objectives: An age-period-cohort model
Posted onMom Matters
Posted onToo afraid to go: Fears of dignity violations as reasons for non-use of maternal health services in South Sudan
Posted onDo new mothers understand the risk factors for maternal mortality?
Posted onNew Report Explores Why Preventable Maternal Deaths Continue to Occur in the United States
Posted onThe new Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees provides critical data on maternal mortality in the United States, confirming that the majority of pregnancy-related deaths in the country are preventable. It includes in-depth insight into causes of death and racial disparities and highlights actionable prevention recommendations made by the Nine Committees…read more