MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: August 5, 2022

August 05, 2022

 

 

Why are maternal mortality rates in America, the wealthiest country in the world, the worst amongst economically advanced countries? And why, despite knowing the reasons mothers are dying in the process of giving life and what should be done to improve things, are things getting worse, especially for women of color? MFP Alumna Dr. Agnes White provides context and offers solutions for what our host Indrias Kassaye suggests is one of great paradoxes of life in America today.

 

 

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