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 ...
March of Dimes: 2019 Digital Health Awards winner
We have very exciting news! March of Dimes has received several awards and recognitions from the 2019 Digital Health Awards competition! The Digi ...
NICU Family Support® Program
Parents have very mixed feelings when their baby is in the newborn intensive care unit (also called NICU). They may be happy to welcome their baby, bu ...
Maternal health and Black History Month
February is Black History Month in the United States. It’s a time when we honor the amazing contributions African-Americans have made to this country, ...