Manitoba Indigenous moms dealing with child welfare face high mortality rates: report
Indigenous mothers who have their children removed by Manitoba’s Child and Family Services have an increased risk in premature death, a new study suggests.
#Indigenous #mothers #childwelfare #mortalityrates #Manitoba #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11624474/manitoba-indigenous-moms-mortality/
Manitoba Indigenous moms dealing with child welfare face high mortality rates: report
Indigenous mothers who have their children removed by Manitoba’s Child and Family Services have an increased risk in premature death, a new study suggests.
#Indigenous #mothers #childwelfare #mortalityrates #Manitoba #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11624474/manitoba-indigenous-moms-mortality/
Manitoba Indigenous moms dealing with child welfare face high mortality rates: report
Indigenous mothers who have their children removed by Manitoba’s Child and Family Services have an increased risk in premature death, a new study suggests.
#Indigenous #mothers #childwelfare #mortalityrates #Manitoba #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11624474/manitoba-indigenous-moms-mortality/
🎉 Breaking news: hospital ERs are officially the new corporate playground! 🎢 Who knew that when private equity firms add "efficiency," mortality rates would join the fun too? 🙄💀
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211 #BreakingNews #CorporatePlayground #PrivateEquity #HealthcareEfficiency #MortalityRates #HackerNews #ngated
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared to similar hospitals, a study says.

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Medicaid and mortality rates

In a study on Medicaid and mortality rates, Angela Wyse of Dartmouth and Bruce D. Meyer of the University of Chicago conclude that their "f...

#Incarceration Should Not be a #DeathSentence for Individuals Who Use #Opioids

New litigation centered on increasing access to #substanceusedisorder treatment in #jails and #prisons is helping to reduce #mortalityrates among #incarcerated individuals.

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/incarceration-should-not-be-a-death-sentence-for-individuals-who-use-opioids

Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids | ACLU

New litigation centered on increasing access to substance-use disorder treatment in jails and prisons is helping to reduce mortality rates among incarcerated individuals.

American Civil Liberties Union

America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs
The federal Healthy Start program funds more than 100 local projects that coordinate care for pregnant women.

https://apnews.com/video/oklahoma-tulsa-prenatal-care-pregnancy-and-childbirth-premature-births-a3270c8224b542b3a4a257c0fe55247e
#mortalityRates #PregnancyCare
#medicalaccess #reproductivehealth #BlackWomeninthePrism

America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs

The federal Healthy Start program funds more than 100 local projects that coordinate care for pregnant women. (AP Video: Mary Conlon)

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> With the installation of 181 public mother wait homes where rural women spend the last two weeks of their pregnancies, maternal mortality has dropped by 67.7% and child mortality by 58.6% in 17 years.

#ChildMortality #MaternalMortality reminded me of #Semmelweis and got me guessing that #PovertyReduction deserves as much attention as Science, Scientific breaktrhoughs, or The Progress of Science, for lowering #MortalityRates ...