Category: March of Dimes

March of Dimes is celebrating moms and putting them first!
Having a baby is all about firsts: the first smile, first tooth, first diaper change. But babies aren’t the only ones growing—new parents are als ...

National Minority Health Month 2022
Each year in April dozens of organizations come together to help raise awareness about National Minority Health Month. The goal of this health ob ...

2021 March of Dimes report card
March of Dimes has published its annual March of Dimes Report Card, which highlights the state of maternal and infant health in the U.S. using th ...

Black Maternal Health Week 2021
By Zsakeba Henderson, M.D., Senior Vice President and Deputy Medical Officer, Maternal & Child Health Impact
It’s Black Maternal Health We ...

World Birth Defects Day is March 3 – Join the Twitter chat!
March 3 is World Birth Defects Day, a global event to create awareness about birth defects. Birth defects can cause serious problems in a baby’s ...

March of Dimes Report Card 2020
The U.S. is facing an ongoing maternal and infant health crisis and in 2020 we are still among the most dangerous developed nations for a woman t ...

March of Dimes 2020 Report: Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S.
Getting quality maternity care can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Unfortunately, not every woman in the U.S. gets good mat ...

Continuing the conversation: Systemic racism affects the health of moms and babies
On Tuesday, June 11th March of Dimes hosted a
Facebook Live event where panelists discussed systemic racism and the need for
equity in maternal a ...

Confronting hard truths: How systemic racism affects moms and babies
Health disparities have existed for a very long time in this country, and unfortunately still do. Health disparities means different groups of pe ...

March for Babies 2020
Each year, thousands of moms and babies deal with complications from pregnancy and premature birth. More than 380,000 babies are born prematurely ...