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 ...
Long-term economic benefit of paid family leave
A new study funded by the March of Dimes Center for Social Science Research and conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), hi ...
National Minority Health Month
April is National Minority Health Month. Each year many organizations come together to help raise awareness about the health status of racial and ...
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, ...
Do you live in a maternity care desert?
Maternity care is the health care women get during pregnancy, labor and birth and in the postpartum period after giving birth. Getting quality materni ...
Stacey D. Stewart speaks to Congress about maternal death
March of Dimes President Stacey D. Stewart spoke before the U.S. Congress yesterday (September 27, 2018). She urged lawmakers to pass legislation ...
March of Dimes President Stacey D. Stewart urges Congress to take action to save moms’ lives
Each year in the United States 700 women die from pregnancy-related causes and more than 50,000 have a near-miss (nearly-die) from severe complication ...
What you need to know about maternal death
We are facing a maternal health crisis in the United States. More and more women are dying from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. ...
Healthy babies across the life course: Past reflections and future progress during National Minority Health Month
By Kweli Rashied-Henry, March of Dimes Director of Health Equity
Frederick Douglass once said “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” As a ...
Health disparities in premature birth
In the United States, rates of preterm birth, low birthweight, and infant mortality are higher for black, non-Hispanic infants than for white, non-His ...