Takeaways from AP’s report on what the US can learn from other nations about maternal deaths
How can the U.S. solve its growing maternal mortality crisis? Public health experts blame the United States’ high rates on a range of problems, such as inequities in getting needed health care, systemic racism, at times poor-quality medical care and a rise in chronic conditions among women of childbearing age. Regular care means problems are spotted and treated early, said Roosa Sofia Tikkanen, a doctoral candidate at the Center for Global Health Inequalities Research in Norway. “Maternal mortality is an entirely preventable event providing you have access to basic health care,” Tikkanen said. For women with no major health problems, research shows midwifery is cheaper globally than care led by OB-GYNs and leads to fewer medical procedures like C-sections, said Marian Knight, a professor of maternal and child population health at the University of Oxford in England.
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