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The infant mortality rate, or the probability that a child will not live to their first birthday, and maternal mortality rate are widely accepted indicators of population health and wellbeing. A greater proportion of people die from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes in the United States than any other high-income country in the world. Despite significant efforts, perinatal health outcomes continue to worsen in the United States and Black and Indigenous communities face a significant, disparate, burden of inequity. Tragically, two-thirds of pregnancy-related deaths in the US are preventable. Globally, community-led efforts are emerging as bright spots for advancing child health and reducing birth inequities. Structural inequities are a root cause of disparate health outcomes and are associated with increases in mortality and morbidity and reduced overall health and wellbeing. This presentation will unpack patterns and divergences in child health inequities in the international con