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US infant mortality rate declined 3% from 2019 to 2021, says new report

But racial and economic disparities contribute to the US’s poor ranking in infant and maternal health internationally

The Guardian - US

Being Black and pregnant in the South

Infant mortality rates in rural counties, especially for Black babies, are poised to get worse

Salon

Chhattisgarh shows progress, but has a long way to go | Data

Chhattisgarh's social indicators have improved in recent years, but it still ranks in bottom half of most parameters. In 2019-21, it had an infant mortality rate of 44.3 and ranked 28th. It improved in six of eight parameters, declined in one, and remained unchanged in another. It ranks 23rd in…

The Hindu

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Rajasthan lags behind in women empowerment and economic measures | Data

Rajasthan improved rankings in some social measures, lagging in others. It improved from 27th to 20th in HDI, 18th to 16th in share of stunted children, and 24th to 17th in Infant Mortality rate. However, it still lags in women empowerment, with 63.5% of female population aged 6+ attending school…

The Hindu

What is the US infant mortality rate?

Infant mortality fell by nearly 30% since 1999 but has risen over the last two years.

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Why infant mortality is on the rise

The entire system needs to embrace both maternal and infant health as one, experts say

Salon

The infant mortality rate has risen for the first time in two decades—and these factors may be to blame

Experts say maternal care deserts could be exacerbating the issue

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The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it's the largest increase in two decades

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year, which is the largest increase in two decades

The Independent UK

Study: More Infants Die in States that Restrict Abortion

The same study found that the mortality rate for Black infants was more than twice that of white ones. From Truthout.

Texas Observer

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

U.S. maternal mortality rates too high

Those numbers reflect a worldwide problem, but the U.S. in particular has an abysmal record

Salon

US preterm birth and maternal mortality rates are alarmingly high, outpacing those in all other high-income countries

Every two minutes, in about the time it takes to read a page of your favorite book or brew a cup of coffee, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a February 2023 report from the World Health Organization. The report reflects a shameful reality in which maternal…

The Conversation

Ted Frank on Justice Jackson's Dubious Claim about Infant Mortality among Black Americans

Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal: In a dissent from last week's ruling against racial preferences in college admissions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson enumerated purported benefits of "diversity" in education. "It saves lives," she asserts. "For high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician more than doubles the likelihood that…

Reason

Jump in child deaths reveals impact of industrialisation on Amazon’s Indigenous peoples

As an economic boom’s gains pass them by, people in unprotected land have been hit by hunger and disease, with infant mortality rates seven times higher than the rest of Brazil

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A striking gap between deaths of Black and white babies plagues the South

BAMBERG, S.C. — Years before the Bamberg County Hospital closed in 2012, and the next-closest hospital in neighboring Barnwell shut its doors in 2016, those facilities had stopped delivering babies.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: the devastating effects of conflict on infant mortality rates – new research

The brutal war in Ukraine is now over a year old. While estimates of the numbers of civilians killed and injured vary, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has estimated that 8,317 civilians have been killed and a further 13,892 injured from the beginning of the war…

The Independent UK

Philadelphia to pay pregnant women $1,000 a month

The program will offer monthly cash payments to pregnant women living in certain Philadelphia communities for 18 months

The Independent UK

Maternal and infant mortality rates are higher in states with anti-abortion laws, report finds

Maternal death rates are 62 per cent higher in states with restrictions, newly published research finds

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Infant mortality rate in Queensland drops by 22 per cent. This cot may be why

An innovative infant bed and education program appears to have led to a 22 per cent drop in Queensland's infant mortality rate.

WEKU

Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive

Nationally, infant mortality declined to a record low in 2020. But a 58% rise in Black infant mortality in Kansas sent birth experts searching for answers and solutions.

WEKU

A nonprofit says preterm births are up in the U.S. — and it's not a partisan issue

March of Dimes' annual report on infant and maternal health drops the U.S. from a C- to a D+, citing a 15-year high in the preterm birth rate. But it also offers some encouraging signs and solutions.

The National (Scotland)

Growing infant mortality is a ‘national problem’ according to new report

GROWING health inequalities which mean children in the poorest areas are more likely to suffer from obesity and are at greater risk of infant…

Tribune News Service

Babies kept dying in this city. People worked together to understand why

BALTIMORE — Nine women, some mothers, some expecting, sit chattering at a U-shaped table in a church hall on an October morning, happy to be out of the downpour outside. A few have young children underfoot. Guadalupe Franco, a community health worker, once as hungry for good parenting tips as…

The Hindu

Karnataka achieves Sustainable Development Goal target of less than 25 in under-five mortality rate

Neonatal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate have also fallen by two points each in Karnataka

The Conversation

In states where abortion is banned, children and families already face an uphill battle

Some proponents of abortion bans and restrictions say they are concerned about “supporting not just life,” but what they call “quality of life worth living,” saying they want to promote laws and policies that help families. Three authors from Brigham Young University, for instance, have noted that the overturning of…

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