Smith, a Black midwife, died after childbirth. Her death renews urgent calls to end the Black maternal mortality crisis.

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during ...

On Friday, Jan. 2, Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina-based midwife, died due to childbirth complications during the ...

The number of women who died during childbirth or within weeks of giving birth dropped sharply in 2022 after staggering increases during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows.

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when ...

Of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in 2021 and 2022, committees found 91% could have been prevented.

Ghana’s maternal mortality rate remains alarmingly high at 301 deaths per 100,000 live births, with stark regional ...

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda highlights a significant decline in India's maternal mortality rate due to increased ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has participated in a high-level Maternal Mortality Roundtable aimed at fast-tracking Ghana’s efforts to reduce ...