Black Maternal Mortality
Kaleidoscope
English - April 29, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews Society & Culture racism mental health unifying america transgender greenwood police brutality progress change housing communities of color Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On this week's "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes," we discuss research showing that Black maternal mortality rose significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. It also finds that Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Allison asks Director Kanika Harris at the non-profit Black Women's Health Imperative why this is - and what can be done about it.
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