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Who We Are
The Black Maternal Health Information Lab's mission is to empower those within the African Diaspora to not only be aware of their health but to take control of their medical experiences. We achieve this through providing local and international information on Black Maternal Health and highlighting organizations, such as Ma Chere Lab, whose goal it is to ensure birth equity.
DID YOU KNOW?
In the US, Black women have the second highest fertility rate
[March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center, 2024]
The maternal mortality rate in the US for Black women is 2.6 times that of White women
[CDC, 2021]
Around 588 million of the global population are Black women
[World Population Review, 2020]
The infant mortality rate for Black infants in the US was 2.4 times the rate for white infants
[Office of Minority Health, 2022]
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