The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities ...

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...

A South Carolina midwife who lost her life to a cause she devoted an entire career to is reigniting a national conversation ...

Between 2022 and 2024, 252 women died during or shortly after pregnancy, with maternal deaths rising by 20%, says MBRRACE-UK.

A South Carolina midwife who dedicated her life’s work to preventing maternal deaths died from childbirth complications ...

The Maternal Care Bundle (MCB) sets best practice standards across 5 areas of clinical care, for implementation by NHS providers and commissioners across England. The aim is to reduce maternal ...

Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a respected midwife and maternal health expert, tragically died in childbirth at the age of 31, highlighting the issue of America's maternal mortality crisis and the need for ...

Eskenazi Health has announced two new initiatives aimed at improving maternal health following a year-long effort to assess ...

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The state's latest maternal mortality report, published Monday, Jan. 12, found that American Indian and Black Minnesotans face higher maternal mortality risk compared to the overall state population.

In Nigeria, an estimated 75,000 women die every year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. This translates to ...