#maternalmortality — Public Fediverse posts

Giving birth in the shadow of Haiti’s gang violence – photo essay
By Jelle Krings

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/28/giving-birth-haiti-gang-violence-port-au-prince-maternity-services

#Globaldevelopment #Haiti #Maternalhealth #Globalhealth #Maternalmortality #Americas #Caribbean #Worldnews #Humanrights #Humanrights #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #JelleKrings

Andy Burnham could easily ignore the UK’s falling aid commitment. He would be wise not to | Halima Begum
By Halima Begum

The FCDO’s annual report was quietly released just as Starmer was leaving office – it continues a long-term shift from supporting countries most in need to seeking something in return

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/23/andy-burnham-could-easily-ignore-the-uks-falling-aid-commitment-he-would-be-wise-not-to

#Aid #Globaldevelopment #AndyBurnham #Politics #Society #UKnews #Maternalhealth #Maternalmortality #TheGuardian #HalimaBegum

Midwives on frontline of childbirth deaths crisis denied visas for key summit https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/19/midwives-africa-asia-mother-baby-childbirth-deaths-crisis-denied-visas-summit-portugal #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #MaternalHealth #MaternalMortality #Midwifery #ChildrensHealth #Portugal #Europe #Health #Society #WorldNews

Midwives on frontline of childbirth deaths crisis denied visas for key summit https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/19/midwives-africa-asia-mother-baby-childbirth-deaths-crisis-denied-visas-summit-portugal #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #MaternalHealth #MaternalMortality #Midwifery #ChildrensHealth #Portugal #Europe #Health #Society #WorldNews

Abortion bans in 14 states lead to 9.2% increase in pregnancy-associated deaths of women.

Read Full Article

#ReproductiveRights #PublicHealth #MaternalMortality https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308465
Reenviado desde Science News
(https://t.me/experienciainterdimensional/11071)

Abortion bans in 14 states lead to 9.2% increase in pregnancy-associated deaths of women.

Read Full Article

#ReproductiveRights #PublicHealth #MaternalMortality https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308465
Reenviado desde Science News
(https://t.me/experienciainterdimensional/11071)

Epidemics and Enduring Mysteries: A Glimpse into Shifting Realities

Maternal mortality is increasing in Canada, and doctors don't know the exact reasons. This affects mothers and babies, and health experts are investigating.

#CanadaHealth, #MaternalMortality, #HealthcareCrisis, #WomensHealth, #MedicalMystery

https://newsletter.tf/canada-maternal-deaths-rise-doctors-unsure-why/

The number of mothers dying during or after childbirth in Canada has gone up recently. This is a worrying trend that health officials are trying to understand.

#CanadaHealth, #MaternalMortality, #HealthcareCrisis, #WomensHealth, #MedicalMystery
https://newsletter.tf/canada-maternal-deaths-rise-doctors-unsure-why/

A literature review and data analysis reveals that difficult childbirth (dystocia) occurs in many wild and domesticated mammal species, and at rates that equal or exceed those in humans. This may result from a natural selection tradeoff between offspring size and dystocia incidence.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-challenge-a-long-held-belief-about-why-human-childbirth-is-so-difficult/

Original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brv.70174

#Science #Childbirth #WomensHealth #Evolution #MaternalMortality

A literature review and data analysis reveals that difficult childbirth (dystocia) occurs in many wild and domesticated mammal species, and at rates that equal or exceed those in humans. This may result from a natural selection tradeoff between offspring size and dystocia incidence.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-challenge-a-long-held-belief-about-why-human-childbirth-is-so-difficult/

Original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brv.70174

#Science #Childbirth #WomensHealth #Evolution #MaternalMortality

The New Orleans program doing house calls for postpartum mothers: ‘For many women, you fall off a cliff’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/family-connects-new-orleans-mothers-postpartum-house-calls #NewOrleans #Louisiana #ParentsAndParenting #MaternalMortality #Pregnancy #ChildrensHealth #Society #Women #Health #Family

The New Orleans program doing house calls for postpartum mothers: ‘For many women, you fall off a cliff’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/family-connects-new-orleans-mothers-postpartum-house-calls #NewOrleans #Louisiana #ParentsAndParenting #MaternalMortality #Pregnancy #ChildrensHealth #Society #Women #Health #Family

What makes this especially striking is Kentucky’s finding that 82% of pregnancy-related deaths from 2017–2022 were preventable, which suggests a large share of these losses were not inevitable.
#BlackMaternalHealth #Kentucky #DoulaCare #MaternalMortality #news

#Conflict and Instability increases #MaternalMortality

https://indianf.com/maternal-mortality-conflict-fragility-report-2024/

@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare

@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare

SAT Hospital explains the circumstances surrounding Sivapriya`s death after childbirth https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sat-hospital-sivapriya-death-explanation-og09kcjz?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childdeath #maternalmortality #death #child #protest

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/12/global-burden-disease-study-high-youth-death-rates-drugs-alcohol-suicide-emerging-crisis #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Maternalmortality #Medicalresearch #Lifeexpectancy #Globalhealth #Mentalhealth #Airpollution #Youngpeople #Environment #Worldnews #Society #Alcohol #Science #Smoking #Obesity #Health #Drugs #Women

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/12/global-burden-disease-study-high-youth-death-rates-drugs-alcohol-suicide-emerging-crisis #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Maternalmortality #Medicalresearch #Lifeexpectancy #Globalhealth #Mentalhealth #Airpollution #Youngpeople #Environment #Worldnews #Society #Alcohol #Science #Smoking #Obesity #Health #Drugs #Women

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/12/global-burden-disease-study-high-youth-death-rates-drugs-alcohol-suicide-emerging-crisis #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Maternalmortality #Medicalresearch #Lifeexpectancy #Globalhealth #Mentalhealth #Airpollution #Youngpeople #Environment #Worldnews #Society #Alcohol #Science #Smoking #Obesity #Health #Drugs #Women

“While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the first.” By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and Saleh A Binshamlan in al-Mahrah governorate, Yemen
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/23/death-by-aid-cuts-how-a-decision-in-the-us-led-to-the-loss-of-a-mother-in-yemen
#uspoli #maternalmortality

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on #DrugUse, #MaternalMortality, #ClimateChange and More
The survival of that data is now in doubt, as a result of the #DOGE's comprehensive assault on the federal bureaucracy. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on #DrugUse, #MaternalMortality, #ClimateChange and More
The survival of that data is now in doubt, as a result of the #DOGE's comprehensive assault on the federal bureaucracy. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality

Of the ~25M #women who receive #ContraceptiveCare annually, 18% receive it from publicly supported #clinics, including #TitleX-funded centers, Baden said. They include women who are #LowIncome or #underinsured.

In 2019, during #Trump’s first term, his admin altered the half-century-old program banning clinics receiving Title X aid from referring patients for abortions.

#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #AbortionIsHealthcare #law

Of the ~25M #women who receive #ContraceptiveCare annually, 18% receive it from publicly supported #clinics, including #TitleX-funded centers, Baden said. They include women who are #LowIncome or #underinsured.

In 2019, during #Trump’s first term, his admin altered the half-century-old program banning clinics receiving Title X aid from referring patients for abortions.

#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #AbortionIsHealthcare #law

“President #Trump & #ElonMusk are pushing their dangerous political agenda, stripping #health care access from people nationwide, & not giving a second thought to the devastation they will cause,” Johnson said in a stmnt.

Federally funded programs such as #TitleX are crucial in providing access to #affordable #ReproductiveHealthcare, said Kelly Baden, VP for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, which supports #AbortionRights.

#FammilyPlanning #MaternalMortality #BirthControl #law #USpol

“President #Trump & #ElonMusk are pushing their dangerous political agenda, stripping #health care access from people nationwide, & not giving a second thought to the devastation they will cause,” Johnson said in a stmnt.

Federally funded programs such as #TitleX are crucial in providing access to #affordable #ReproductiveHealthcare, said Kelly Baden, VP for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, which supports #AbortionRights.

#FammilyPlanning #MaternalMortality #BirthControl #law #USpol

#Trump admin to cut funds to #PlannedParenthood

The #nonprofit said that 9 of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as #TitleX, which has supported #healthcare services for the #poor since 1970.

#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #BirthControl #AbortionIsHealthcare #law #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-freeze-family-planning-funds-planned-parenthood-2025-04-01/

#Trump admin to cut funds to #PlannedParenthood

The #nonprofit said that 9 of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as #TitleX, which has supported #healthcare services for the #poor since 1970.

#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #BirthControl #AbortionIsHealthcare #law #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-freeze-family-planning-funds-planned-parenthood-2025-04-01/

‘A scary time to be a scientist’: how medical research cuts will hurt the maternal mortality crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/trump-medical-research-funding-maternal-mortality #Trumpadministration #Maternalmortality #USdomesticpolicy #Women'shealth #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Society #Health #USnews #Women

‘A scary time to be a scientist’: how medical research cuts will hurt the maternal mortality crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/trump-medical-research-funding-maternal-mortality #Trumpadministration #Maternalmortality #USdomesticpolicy #Women'shealth #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Society #Health #USnews #Women

Are #Abortion #Bans Across America Causing #Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. #WomensHealthcare n states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to #death, succumbed to fatal #infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees #privacy #healthcare #civilliberties #legalresearch #states #healthcare #miscarriage #maternalmortality

Are #Abortion #Bans Across America Causing #Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. #WomensHealthcare n states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to #death, succumbed to fatal #infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees #privacy #healthcare #civilliberties #legalresearch #states #healthcare #miscarriage #maternalmortality

Truth. THEY LITERALLY COULD NOT CARE LESS. #SmashThePatriarchy #MaternalMortality #AbortionSavesLives https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/dont-care-if-women-from-abortion-bans--but-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about-it/

Truth. THEY LITERALLY COULD NOT CARE LESS. #SmashThePatriarchy #MaternalMortality #AbortionSavesLives https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/dont-care-if-women-from-abortion-bans--but-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about-it/

Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/family-planning-trump #Trumpadministration #Parentsandparenting #Reproductiverights #Maternalmortality #Climatecrisis #Reproduction #DonaldTrump #Environment #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Abortion #Children #USnews #Women

Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/family-planning-trump #Trumpadministration #Parentsandparenting #Reproductiverights #Maternalmortality #Climatecrisis #Reproduction #DonaldTrump #Environment #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Abortion #Children #USnews #Women

Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/family-planning-trump #Trumpadministration #Parentsandparenting #Reproductiverights #Maternalmortality #Climatecrisis #Reproduction #DonaldTrump #Environment #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Abortion #Children #USnews #Women

Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/family-planning-trump #Trumpadministration #Parentsandparenting #Reproductiverights #Maternalmortality #Climatecrisis #Reproduction #DonaldTrump #Environment #USpolitics #Pregnancy #Abortion #Children #USnews #Women

States with extreme abortion laws have a 7% higher maternal death rate.

These bans kill women.

#MAGAAbortionBan #RoeYourVote #AbortionIsHealthcare #DemCast #WomensRights #GirlsRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality

States with extreme abortion laws have a 7% higher maternal death rate.

These bans kill women.

#MAGAAbortionBan #RoeYourVote #AbortionIsHealthcare #DemCast #WomensRights #GirlsRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality

For 40 hrs, the anguished 28-yr-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria.

3 days after she delivered, #JosseliBarnica died of an infection.

#law #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality #BodilyAutonomy #agency #Vote #HarrisWalz2024

For 40 hrs, the anguished 28-yr-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria.

3 days after she delivered, #JosseliBarnica died of an infection.

#law #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality #BodilyAutonomy #agency #Vote #HarrisWalz2024

#JosseliBarnica grieved the news as she lay in a #Texas hospital bed on Sept 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamt of giving her daughter would not survive this #pregnancy.

The fetus was on the verge of coming out, its head pressed against her dilated cervix; she was 17 wks #pregnant & a #miscarriage was “in progress,” doctors noted in hospital records.

#law #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality #BodilyAutonomy #HarrisWalz2024

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “#Crime” to Intervene in Her #Miscarriage at a #Texas Hospital

#JosseliBarnica is 1 of at least 2 pregnant TX women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the #FetalHeartbeat stopped.

#law #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #MaternalMortality #BodilyAutonomy #agency #Vote #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban

😭 Texas maternal mortality is up 56% since the end of Roe. (Vs 12 % overall, in America).
- Joy Reid, just now on MSNBC

#usPol #usPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
#maternalMortality #misogyny #hate
#abortionIsHealthcare