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Increase in Maternal Mortality During COVID Underscores Need for Policy Changes

Part of the Resource Collection: Infant Mortality Article
By: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute: Center For Children and Families February 25, 2022
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This article looks at how the rate of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth increased significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics, and Black women continued to experience maternal death at rates more than twice the national average. The need for policy change is emphasized.

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