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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $105 Million in …

(Just Now) WebGeorgia is the second stop on HRSA’s national Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative tour. Today’s Healthy Start funding announcement will support the health care and social needs of moms and babies in high need communities to help improve …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/29/biden-harris-administration-invests-105-million-community-based-organizations-improve-maternal-infant-health-across-country.html

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HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson, Joined by Rep.

(3 days ago) Web“The Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative is truly a model for the kind of focus and investment that we need to end our nation’s devastating maternal health crisis,” Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) said. “HRSA and Administrator Johnson have been critical partners in our work to write and pass the Momnibus Act, and I am so proud to join

https://www.hrsa.gov/about/news/press-releases/maternal-health-initiative

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As Part of HHS’ Maternal Health Day of Action, the Biden …

(8 days ago) WebThe HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is also awarding more than $13 million in grants to 11 organizations for its Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative (COPHI) to develop innovative models for integrating community-based maternal support services into perinatal systems of care.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/09/27/part-hhs-maternal-health-day-action-biden-harris-administration-announces-more-than-103-million-launches-new-initiatives-address-maternal-health-crisis.html

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How We Improve Maternal Health HRSA

(6 days ago) WebGoal 1: Increase access to and coverage of comprehensive high-quality maternal health services, including behavioral health services. Expand the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program. Establish a national, confidential, 24-hour, toll-free hotline for pregnant individuals and new mothers facing mental health challenges.

https://www.hrsa.gov/maternal-health

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FACT SHEET: President Biden’s and Vice President Harris's …

(6 days ago) Web• Investments in Rural Maternal Care: Rural health care facilities will have more staff and capabilities to provide maternal care through increased funding from the expanding the Rural Maternity

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/24/fact-sheet-president-bidens-maternal-health-blueprint-delivers-for-women-mothers-and-families/

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WHITE HOUSE BLUEPRINT FOR ADDRESSING THE …

(3 days ago) Webof maternal mortality and morbidity, reducing the disparities in maternal health outcomes, and improving the overall experience of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum for people across the country.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Maternal-Health-Blueprint.pdf

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CMS Releases Maternity Care Action Plan to Implement …

(1 days ago) WebToday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled its Maternity Care Action Plan to support the implementation of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis.The action plan takes a holistic and coordinated approach across CMS to improve health outcomes and reduce …

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-releases-maternity-care-action-plan-implement-biden-harris-maternal-health-blueprint-launches

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Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) MCHB

(2 days ago) WebThis national effort promotes the development and use of maternal care quality improvement bundles. AIM “patient safety bundles” are sets of practices that improve the quality of care provided during delivery and in the postpartum period. The purpose is to reduce deaths and severe illness. A different type of bundle is being created for

https://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs-impact/programs/alliance-innovation-maternal-health

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Evaluation of the Free Maternal Health Care Initiative in Ghana

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https://www.moh.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2013-Summit-REPORT-Evaluation-of-the-free-maternal-health-care-initiative-in-Ghana.pdf

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Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model CMS

(9 days ago) WebApplications will be due in Spring 2024. TMaH is the newest CMS model designed to focus exclusively on improving maternal health care for people enrolled in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The model will support participating state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) in the development of a whole-person …

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/transforming-maternal-health-tmah-model

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Home - Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Community …

(3 days ago) WebThe Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health—Community Care Initiative (AIM CCI) is a federally funded project focused on improving maternal health outcomes through the use of Maternal Safety Bundles in non-hospital settings. In a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the National Healthy

https://www.aimcci.org/

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Mayor Adams Takes Action to Reduce Maternal and Infant Health

(7 days ago) WebNEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today took steps to reduce maternal and infant health inequities in New York City and provide critical resources to new families — announcing the citywide expansion of the doula program, the expansion of a Midwifery Initiative, and the expansion of a maternal health care services program.

https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/149-22/mayor-adams-takes-action-reduce-maternal-infant-health-inequities-expanding-access-to

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Impact of free maternal health care policy on maternal health care

(9 days ago) WebBackground Ghana introduced what has come to be known as the 'Free’ Maternal Health Care Policy (FMHCP) in 2008 via the free registration of pregnant women to the National Health Insurance Scheme to access healthcare free of charge. The policy targeted every pregnant woman in Ghana with a full benefits package covering …

https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-020-01011-9

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Free Health Care Initiative helps to improve maternal - UNICEF

(2 days ago) WebShe is therefore glad that at Metchem PHU, she will be given the malaria treatment for free, courtesy of the Free Health Care Initiative introduced nationwide by Government in 2010. Through this initiative, Mariama can have the confidence to attend to bouts of illness that might arise during pregnancy and be rest assured that the family’s

https://www.unicef.org/sierraleone/stories/free-health-care-initiative-helps-improve-maternal-neonatal-and-child-health-sierra-leone

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Maternal health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(9 days ago) WebMaternal & Perinatal Health - Dr Femi Oladapo: HRP@50 Expert Series. WHO is supporting countries to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective care for mothers and babies during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Investing in health systems – especially in training midwives and in making emergency obstetric care

https://www.who.int/health-topics/maternal-health

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ADVANCING HOLISTIC MATERNAL CARE FOR BLACK WOMEN …

(5 days ago) Webthrough holistic maternal care. BMMA is a Black women-led cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary alliance that centers Black Mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture to advance Black maternal health, rights and justice. This policy agenda aims to inform policymakers about Black maternal health and present policy solutions

https://blackmamasmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BMMA-PolicyAgenda-Digital.pdf

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Impact of the free healthcare initiative on wealth-related inequity …

(7 days ago) WebBackground As a result of financial barriers to the utilization of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, the Government of Sierra Leone launched the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI) in 2010. This study aimed to examine the impact of the FHCI on wealth related inequity in the utilization of three MCH services. Methods We analysed …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-4181-3

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State lawmakers look for solutions to Georgia’s maternal mortality …

(7 days ago) WebIn Georgia, 892 infants died in 2022, 116 more than the year before.U.S. infant deaths surpassed 20,500 in 2022 — 610 more than the year before. Black babies had the highest rate of death in the

https://www.ajc.com/news/health-news/state-lawmakers-look-for-solutions-to-georgias-maternal-mortality-crisis/QWLX2FIBNRDNVGJHUTZIADBVHU/

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2024 Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries at a Glance: Maternal …

(9 days ago) WebMore than one out of every four Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries are females in their reproductive years (ages 15–49), and Medicaid finances about 41% of all births in the United States. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is in a unique position to improve the quality of maternity care

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/2024-maternal-health-at-a-glance.pdf

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Beyond Birth: Exploring Stories of Motherhood and Health Care

(8 days ago) WebThe inaugural episode of Beyond Birth features Stacy Garrett-Ray, M.D., senior vice president and chief community impact officer at Ascension Health, and how her team implemented the Maternal Health Social System Initiative to reduce barriers to accessing prenatal care by addressing the social needs of their high-risk pregnant patients.

https://www.aha.org/news/blog/2024-05-28-beyond-birth-exploring-stories-motherhood-and-health-care

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Avera Receives $5.4 Million Grant to Improve Maternal and Infant …

(2 days ago) WebPublished on May 28, 2024. Avera Research Institute has received a five-year, $5.4 million grant through the federal Healthy Start initiative to reduce infant mortality through services that foster healthy pregnancy and continued support after childbirth. The new funding will create Avera Bridging Inequities Regionally Through Healthy Start

https://www.avera.org/news-media/news/2024/avera-receives-grant-to-improve-maternal-and-infant-health/

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Beacon Health System receives $5.4M grant to address maternal

(3 days ago) WebBy WNDU.com. Published: May. 28, 2024 at 9:51 AM PDT. (WNDU) - Beacon Health System announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a $5.4 million grant to address maternal and infant health. But

https://www.wndu.com/2024/05/28/beacon-health-system-receives-54m-grant-address-maternal-infant-health/

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Severe Maternal Morbidity Maternal Infant Health CDC

(3 days ago) WebThese 21 indicators and corresponding ICD codes can identify delivery hospitalizations with SMM using administrative data starting in October 2015. Both ICD-9 and ICD-10 can be used to track SMM. Access the table which includes the list of 21 indicators and corresponding ICD codes. Describes unexpected labor and delivery …

https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/php/severe-maternal-morbidity/index.html

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Welcome to the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (GaPQC)

(Just Now) Weband implement quality improvement (QI) strategies to improve maternal and neonatal care and outcomes in Georgia. For years, being born in Georgia has been a risk factor for overall health, with Georgia ranked at the bottom nationally for maternal mortality and for many infant health indicators. This group, which includes

https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/related_files/site_page/GAPQC_Welcome_Packet.pdf

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Item of Interest: NICHD Leads Summer Workshops on Women’s …

(7 days ago) WebImplementing a Maternal health & PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative Connecting the Community Research Showcase July 11, 2024 IMPROVE is an NIH-wide initiative led by NICHD, the Office of Research on Women’s Health, and the National Institute of Nursing Research that was established in response …

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/053024-summer-workshops-womens-health

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Unlocking maternal health: labour epidurals and severe morbidity

(1 days ago) WebA viable protective option for at-risk pregnancies In its guidelines for intrapartum care to improve the experience of childbirth, the World Health Organization recommends epidural analgesia for healthy pregnant women who express a desire for pain management during labour, depending on individual preferences.1 Common maternal …

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1053

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Q&A: Learn about Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital's …

(9 days ago) WebThe new maternal mental health program offers free resources for new moms. (Courtesy Pexels) Elizabeth Barnett, the director of the Childbirth Center at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital

https://communityimpact.com/houston/conroe-montgomery/health-care/2024/05/30/qa-learn-about-houston-methodist-the-woodlands-hospitals-new-maternal-mental-health-program/

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Maternal mental health focus of state committee - Detroit Free …

(Just Now) WebWe want to be able to provide the best care and treatment as early as possible … so that person can live a life that's normal for them.”. Maternal Mental Health Hotline: call or text 833-852

https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2024/04/24/delaware-maternal-mental-health-focus-of-state-committee-local-organizations/73413432007/

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Lessons Learned, 1997: Profiles of Leading Urban Health - ERIC

(2 days ago) WebThis compendium of current practices contains descriptions of urban maternal and child health (MCH) programs. Many of the programs profiled have not been evaluated formally, but the profiles provide a starting point for examining what really works in MCH programs. Most of the 92 profiles are about improving access to care for urban children and …

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED438382

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This is the year to invest in women’s health. Here’s why

(9 days ago) WebLast year, President and Dr. Biden announced $100 million for women’s health initiatives and called on Congress to invest $12 billion in research—a move that was widely and rightly applauded

https://fortune.com/2024/05/31/year-invest-womens-health-anu-duggal-female-founders-fund/

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Annual Service Event Honors Caregivers on Mother’s Day

(4 days ago) WebMay 28, 2024. Each year Drexel University's Maternal and Child Health Student Organization (MCHSO) honors Mother’s Day and Women’s Health Week by hosting a service event to create “Self-Care Kits” for mothers (or those fulfilling the role of mothers) of children receiving care at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. St.

https://drexel.edu/dornsife/academics/departments/community-health-prevention/maternal-child-health-program/news-events/mch-news/2024/May/care-packages-for-mothers/

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Strengthening Maternal Health HHS.gov

(7 days ago) WebStrengthening Maternal Health. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income countries. Addressing the maternity care crisis is a top priority at HHS. We are committed to supporting safe pregnancies and childbirth, eliminating pregnancy-related health disparities, and improving health outcomes for parents and

https://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/maternal-health/index.html

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Life Free Full-Text Consequences of Maternal Vitamin D …

(5 days ago) WebFeature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications.

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/6/714/notes

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Virginia initiative offers free access to mental health care

(9 days ago) WebVirginia Telemental Health Initiative. Dr. Muriel Azria-Evans with Health Brigade said many free and charitable clinics may not have any mental health professionals on their staff, but through the

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-telemental-health-initiative-participants-may-26-2024

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Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA …

(3 days ago) WebTrump tried ending DACA, but was blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020. CMS estimates that its new policy could result in 100,000 DACA recipients enrolling in health coverage in fiscal year

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/trump-distorts-new-regulation-extending-obamacare-to-daca-recipients/

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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented …

(3 days ago) WebShe has worked extensively in the field of family health, including: community health; mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis; human papillomavirus; HIV and management of a variety of communicable diseases; maternal health and prevention of maternal mortality; and newborn, child and adolescent health at primary care and …

https://www.who.int/news/item/31-05-2024-awards-for-outstanding-contributions-to-public-health-presented-during-the-seventy-seventh-world-health-assembly

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Consequences of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency on Newborn …

(9 days ago) WebBackground and Objectives: Maternal–fetal gestational pathology is one of the biggest challenges in the field of health at this moment. The current study is designed to determine the effects of vitamin D on pregnancy, starting with the idea that impairment of vitamin D status is thought to be correlated with impairment of the newborn’s health. …

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/6/714

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