Action to Address Pregnancy-Related Deaths Among U.S. Black Women Urged by Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, PRB and Tank Worldwide

Written by on April 1, 2023

March 28, 2023 – Black women in the United States experience an alarmingly high rate of pregnancy-related death. A new evidence-based, awareness-raising campaign, led by Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and TANK Worldwide, launches today to draw attention to this public health crisis.

A custom version of the “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” lullaby honoring Dr. Shalon Irving, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who died of preventable complications three weeks after giving birth, will be introduced across radio . . .



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