Harris Co. to receive $1.4 million in federal funding to combat Black maternal mortality
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 31, 2023
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
The statistics are worse in Harris County where Black women are three-and-a-half times more likely to die during childbirth than their white counterparts.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) announced that $1.4 million from . . .
