May 2019

AmeriHealth Caritas addresses national maternal health disparities that see black mothers three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white mothers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United States has the highest gross domestic product and one of the highest standards of living in the world, 1 yet its maternal mortality rate is one of only 13 in the world that is higher than it was 25 years ago. 2 The numbers are worse among black women in America, who are...

I am certain every one of you can think of a pregnant mother who did not have her husband in the delivery room, couldn’t eat or drink at the hospital, was given an epidural, had to labor on her back and probably ended up meeting her baby via C-section without fully understanding the medical need for it. Obstetric violence is a systemic and institutional problem. It is so engrained in our social practices and health systems here in Egypt that we think it’s the norm; but in reality, this is an...

Midwifery is growing in the United States . It is already an enormous presence in Europe. Furthermore a recent study found that the more a state’s health care laws allow the integration of midwifery, the better the well-being (measured by healthy and monitored pregnancy, presence of birth complications, health post-partum) of mother and baby tend to be. As for the future, I always like to check the past first . The past tells us that midwifery has been the norm for all of history across all...