Georgia public health leader sounds alarm as report confirms spike in pregnancy-related deaths georgiarecorder.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from georgiarecorder.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the U.S., almost three times the rate for White women. In general, the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world.
fear. reporter: ky lindberg is an advocate for maternal and infant health. what do those numbers say to you? i think that it has contributed to a lot of things. medical coverage. even access to care, like prenatal care. here in georgia, as an example, there s counties that don t even have a labor and delivery unit, and ob. i mean, that s unconscionable. reporter: one thing that could help is having a doula, someone who guides women through the complexities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. martin, a doula herself, has one for her own delivery next month. i think the biggest thing that a doula can do for you is empower you. it s like calling your best friend. that s what we need. we need to know that we are being uplifted and taken seriously. speed to the states with the highest maternal mortality rates tend to be in the south, like here in georgia, and the author of that cdc report told us