Maternal Mortality in the U.S.

This report published by Every Mother Counts discusses doula care, which includes non-clinical emotional, physical, and informational support before, during, and after labor and childbirth. Doula care is covered by state Medicaid fee-for-service plans, managed care organizations, or both, in some states. This report highlights that doula care improves childbirth outcomes, increases quality of care, and can achieve cost savings by avoiding unnecessary medical procedures and complications. It also reduces rates of cesarean deliveries, prematurity and illness in newborns,…

This fact sheet from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation summarizes the major statutory requirements and policies pertaining to U.S. global family planning/reproductive health efforts over time and identifies those currently in effect. These laws and policies collectively serve to direct how U.S. funds are spent, to where and which organizations funds are provided, and generally shape the implementation and define the scope of U.S. global reproductive health activities.

This data portal from Surgo Ventures provides a comprehensive tool using 2021 date to examine the range of factors that influence adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States, where the maternal mortality rate remains the highest of any industrialized country in the world. The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI) is the first county-level, national-scale tool to rank vulnerability to poor maternal health outcomes and identify the regions and factors impacting susceptibility to these outcomes for…