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Mississippi declares emergency over high infant mortality rates, the highest in the nation. The state never expanded Medicaid. It usually ranks number one in poverty.
Also has the highest maternal mortality rate in the US, worse than Iraq and just a little better than Guatemala.
#mississippi
#redstates
#infantmortality
#maternalmortality
#tatereeves
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/health/infant-mortality-public-health-emergency-mississippi

Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality rate

The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state.

CNN

Lifestyle | The Guardian US Aug 21

‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth crisis in Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/russia-ukraine-war-childbirth-demographics-targeting-attacks-maternity-hospitals-kharkiv-sloviansk-khersonbirth-crisis #Infantandchildmortality #Globaldevelopment #Maternalmortality #Globalhealth #Lifeandstyle #Childbirth #Worldnews #Children #Ukraine #Society #Russia #Europe #Health #Women #Women

‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine

The Guardian has visited three frontline hospitals to hear from women who say they have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since Russia’s full-scale invasion

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Aug 6

US destruction of contraceptives denies 1.4m African women and girls lifesaving care, NGO says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/us-destruction-contraceptives-denies-african-women-girls-lifesaving-care-ngo #Contraceptionandfamilyplanning #Trumpadministration #Reproductiverights #Maternalmortality #Teenagepregnancy #Maternalhealth #Pregnancy #Worldnews #Abortion #Africa #USnews #Health #Women #USAID

US destruction of contraceptives denies 1.4m African women and girls lifesaving care, NGO says

Incineration of $9.7m of contraceptives to lead to 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions, IPPF says

The Guardian

DrNerdGirl Aug 5

Check out this week’s #podcast on #fertilityissues and #shame or catch up on the #politicsofchildbirth #maternalmortality #obstetricviolence and #consent

#birthzillas #birthzillasthepodcast

https://birthzillas.buzzsprout.com

Birthzillas: The Podcast

What if telling your story could save someone’s life? I think it can. This podcast mixes personal stories with public health data to uncover the politics (and policy) of childbirth in the US.

Buzzsprout

DrNerdGirl Jul 13

What is #healthequity and why is our government under-funding going to kill people? Research in #maternalmortality needs to do more than just be shared, it needs funding. #FundTheResults

Find out why, and get ready for season 2 of #birthzillastgepodcast

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2443646/episodes/16703591-fundtheresults-what-we-know-about-health-equity-and-inequality

Matt Hodgkinson Jul 11

Vulnerable women are being failed by the UK:

"Between 2014 and 2022, 1,451 women died during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth, with 420 of these women having been in contact with children’s social care services, according to analysis of data from the maternal, newborn, and infant clinical outcome review programme provided by MBBRACE-UK."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/10/a-third-of-uk-women-who-died-during-or-after-pregnancy-known-to-childrens-services-study-finds

#MaternalDeath #MaternalMortality #ViolenceAgainstWomen #PregnancyRisks #SocialCare #UKHealthcare

A third of UK women who died during or after pregnancy known to children’s services, study finds

Researchers call for better coordinated and holistic care for women who often come from abusive backgrounds

The Guardian

Show thread

Journeys In Film Jun 25

The Road to Rural Health explores obstacles to the successful prevention and treatment of heart disease, treatment of mental health concerns, and reduction of maternal health mortality rates in rural America. The series also focuses on the challenges faced by understaffed rural hospitals and health clinics and highlights innovative efforts to promote better health outcomes.

Get our free community discussion guides for this series! 👇 2/3

https://journeysinfilm.org/news/healthcare-matters-storytelling-education-and-partnerships-for-change/

#CommunityHealth #PublicHealth #HealthEducation #PublicEducation #HeartHealth #MentalHealth #MaternalHealth #MaternalMortality

Healthcare Matters: Storytelling, Education, and Partnerships for Change | Journeys in Film

Journeys in Film is proud to be part of the American Heart Association (AHA) International Stroke Conference 2025, in collaboration with AHA Bernard J. Tyson Office of Health and AHA Creative Studios. Journeys Executive Director Jennifer Fischer moderated a panel discussing rural healthcare, following a screening of the short documentary “Health Wanted: Finding Care in […]

Journeys in Film

Shine My Crown Jun 21

Dr. Jonisha Brown Nearly Died After Childbirth So She Started A Nonprofit To Help Black Moms During Childbirth https://shinemycrown.com/dr-jonisha-brown-nearly-died-after-childbirth-so-she-started-a-nonprofit-to-help-black-moms-during-childbirth/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BlackMaternalHealth #MaternalMortality #NonprofitOrganization #SupportBlackMoms #ChildbirthAwareness

World news | The Guardian Jun 13

Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/brazil-covid-woman-childbirth-lawsuit #Maternalmortality #JairBolsonaro #Coronavirus #Worldnews #Americas #Brazil #Race

Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit says

The Guardian