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Noncommunicable Diseases News

  • Canada is lagging on perinatal depression screening, advocates say
    HuffPost | January 2018
  • Breastfeeding reduces hypertension risk
    Oxford University Press | January 2018
  • Why are so many mothers dying in Texas?
    TIME | January 2018
  • For Serena Williams, childbirth was a harrowing ordeal. She’s not alone.
    New York Times | January 2018
  • Black mothers are dying: The toll of racism on maternal health
    STAT | January 2018
  • One smart upstream investment
    POLITICO | January 2018
  • 1 In 4 Mothers have mental health problems before they give birth: Study
    HuffPost | January 2018
  • The 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative
    New Security Beat | January 2018
  • Maternal mortality rate up 80% in Chennai
    The Times of India | December 2017
  • Mortality rate for pregnant Missouri women is high. Here’s why
    The Kansas City Star | December 2017
  • Sri Lanka’s maternal mortality rate is the lowest in South Asia
    ColomboPage | December 2017
  • How hospitals are failing black mothers
    ProPublica | December 2017
  • Nearly dying in childbirth: Why preventable complications are growing in U.S.
    ProPublica | December 2017
  • On the Beat: Non-communicable diseases and maternal health
    New Security Beat | December 2017
  • A lifesaving childbirth tool was successfully introduced in India—but saved no lives
    Quartz India | December 2017
  • Checklist and coaching program in India markedly improved childbirth care but did not reduce death rates
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | December 2017
  • Pre-pregnancy BMI linked to maternal morbidity, mortality
    Healio | December 2017
  • Study highlights the importance of continuing medication in pregnancy
    Medical Xpress | December 2017
  • Black women are 300 percent more likely to die from pregnancy & childbirth than white women
    Romper | December 2017
  • Namibia: WHO, EU visit maternity waiting home sites
    allAfrica | December 2017
  • Deaths of pregnant mothers ‘could be prevented with better care’
    BT | December 2017
  • Beyond the classroom: Strengthening the capacity of Burmese health care providers
    Maternal and Child Survival Program | December 2017
  • The maternal death crisis facing women in America
    ConsumerAffairs | December 2017
  • Nothing protects black women from dying in pregnancy and childbirth
    ProPublica | December 2017
  • The US maternal death rate is unacceptably high – It doesn’t have to be
    Vox | December 2017
  • Why is giving birth so hard?
    The Atlantic | December 2017
  • How California reduced its maternal deaths: A Q&A with Dr. Elliott Main
    Rewire | November 2017
  • FOGSI launches ‘Manyata’ for standardizing quality maternal care in India
    Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India | November 2017
  • Jury still out on vitamin D supplements in pregnancy
    MedPage Today | November 2017
  • ‘Third of mothers’ experience mental health issues
    BBC News | November 2017
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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant T76MC00001 and entitled Training Grant in Maternal and Child Health. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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