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U.S. Government Releases Comprehensive Plan for Improving Maternal Health, Including Mental Health, and Reducing Maternal Death: Cut rates In Half by 2025

December 07, 2020 by Joy Burkhard, MBA in POLICY

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Surgeon General announced on Thursday a coordinated agency plan and Surgeon General call to action to urgently reduce maternal mortality (reduce preventable pregnancy-related & associated deaths) and improve maternal health in the U.S.

The HHS plan is comprehensive and includes a focus on implementing evidence-based measures to reduce maternal mortality by as much as half in five years.