Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

The CDC reports that black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.

New data from the CDC shows that Black women are three and a half times more likely to die due to pregnancy complications ...

Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% in a seven-year period, from 556 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 per 100,000 in 2022. The success is attributable to increased political ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ...

ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR’s Second Vice President, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla, has reiterated the government’s dedication to working with private ...

In 1987, the global maternal mortality ratio was over 400 per 100,000 live births, which amounted to half a million maternal deaths every year. At the time, Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla, past president of the ...

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to achieving zero maternal mortality in Nigeria, emphasizing the role of family planning (FP) programs in realizing this goal. Dr. Samuel ...