Pregnant women can protect themselves and their babies from RSV with new vaccine
#health #Maternal #Pregnancy #RSV #vaccine
https://usnewsper.com/2023/08/pregnant-women-can-protect-themselves-and-their-babies-from-rsv-with-new-vaccine/?feed_id=26200&_unique_id=64e3e5282b616
#Health #maternal #pregnancy #rsv #vaccine
Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die
"Native American women's #maternal mortality rates were 4.5 times higher than those of white women & Black women's rates were 2.6 times the rate of white women"
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/19/mothers-anti-abortion-bans-states-die
If you wanted a demonstration of #racism & the problems with US #healthcare you likely could not do better than the shocking statistics of #maternal deaths in the US.
Every time, someone points to the US healthcare system & presents it as a model to be emulated - just pass them this article.... and every case, every #mother who dies, is another family tragedy, not just a statistic!
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/03/us-maternal-deaths-doubled-two-decades
#racism #healthcare #maternal #mother
#Maternal #deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. #Black mothers died at the highest rate https://apnews.com/article/64da18fec80f8f1790aee2e9986a757e
Not so #ProLife? As US #Maternal #Mortality Rates Surge, #Idaho Abolishes Panel Investigating #Deaths in #Pregnancy
https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/07/02/as-us-maternal-mortality-rates-surge-idaho-abandons-panel-investigating-pregnancy-related-deaths/
#prolife #maternal #mortality #idaho #deaths #pregnancy
Opinion | Tori Bowie's death is a reminder of U.S. #maternal #mortality crisis - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/tori-bowie-maternal-mortality-fixes/
Olympic champion highlights #Black #maternal #mortality following teammate's death
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/19/2175864/-Olympic-champion-highlights-Black-maternal-mortality-following-teammate-s-death?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main
Absolutely shameful that #maternalmortality is twice as high for black women in the US 👇
Former Olympic champion Tori Bowie died in childbirth, according to autopsy https://theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/12/former-olympic-champion-tori-bowie-died-in-childbirth-according-to-autopsy?CMP=share_btn_tw #maternal #health #healthcare
#healthcare #health #maternal #maternalmortality
More startling #healthcare news on the same scale as #maternal #mortality in the #usa
Maternal Mortality in the U.S. Far Outstrips That of Other Industrialized Nations
https://tcf.org/content/commentary/worsening-u-s-maternal-health-crisis-three-graphs/
#healthcare #maternal #mortality #usa
Hey, a lot of people are opposed to political donations to candidates running against terrible people. I am here for being petty and donating to people who run against terrible people.
Greta Kemp's opponent is the incumbent whose office represented Dobbs v Jackson Women's health.
She realizes that Mississippi has the worst #maternal mortality and wants to expand #Medicaid.
New: Virginia’s #maternal #mortality rate jumped 130% during the #COVID19 pandemic, according to an analysis by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO.
https://vcij.org/stories/for-expectant-and-new-mothers-in-virginia-troubling-covid-19-trend
#Meghalaya is a #MatrilinealSociety . In terms of #ancestral #descent , the #kinship system is #traced through the #maternal instead of paternal line, unlike other parts of the world.
#India is largely a #patrilineal country, but this state of the North East differs.
The #culture of Meghalaya brings to its people, a #different #lifestyle where #lineage & #inheritance are traced through #women w/ children being part of the #mother ’s kinship group...
https://themeghalayan.com/reflecting-on-matriliny/
#meghalaya #matrilinealsociety #ancestral #descent #kinship #traced #maternal #india #patrilineal #culture #different #lifestyle #lineage #inheritance #women #mother #matriarch #womenled
US maternal mortality rate highest in 60 years.
The number of maternal deaths in the United States has hit its highest level in nearly 60 years, as the number of women who have died in childbirth has reached alarming levels, data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) showed.
https://enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/17/AP6413ccc6a3103705a5f41f43.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/health/maternal-deaths-increasing-nchs/index.html
#maternal #mortality #skyrockets in the u.s.
#maternal #mortality #skyrockets
Lauren Eggenberger, 3rd year Southern #Medical Program student based at #UBC Okanagan published #research examining #ramifications of #maternal evacuation—those who need to #travel to give birth. Only 4 of 33 communities in #NWT have #maternity care - 40%+ of #women must travel at least 100km.
"For many years, #perinatal travel has been an #oppressive and #isolating process for #Dene , #Métis and #Inuvialuit women in the #NorthwestTerritories "
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-indigenous-women-outsized-hardships-birth.html
#medical #ubc #research #ramifications #maternal #travel #nwt #maternity #women #perinatal #oppressive #isolating #dene #metis #inuvialuit #northwestterritories #indigenous #WomensMonth
Have always been a #ParminderNagra fan, all the way back to #ER but #DIRay last year and #Maternal this year 🙌🏼👌🏻excellent work! #ITV
#parmindernagra #er #diray #maternal #itv
Has anyone watched #ITV #Maternal - full on addressing so many issues within the #NHS - how inhumane shifts patterns are to staff and family life, drug use, pressures and system failures - and the superhumans holding the system up! Above all the struggle of women and mums in the service!
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Co-authored by WP researcher Dr Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi - Impact of mobile #health on #maternal and #child health service utilization and continuum of care in Northern #Ghana - in @SciReports #SDGs https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29683-w
#Health #maternal #child #ghana #sdgs