CHC Program Director to Present at 2022 Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute
CHC: Creating Healthier Communities Program Director, Adelaide Appiah, is presenting at the Black Mamas Matter Alliance 2022 Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute taking place September 17-18, 2022, in Washington, DC. Adele will share the initial findings from our Black Birthing Initiative, focused on addressing the social drivers of health to increase equity in maternal health and reduce preterm births. This work is possible thanks to our long-term partner and supporter, Elevance Health Foundation.
Black women are 3 times as likely to die from pregnancy related causes as white women in the U.S. Further, Black women are about 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women. High preterm birth rates for Black women and birthing people exist across socioeconomic levels. When infants are born preterm, before 37 weeks, they have higher rates of death and disability.
Through funding from Elevance Health Foundation (formerly Anthem Foundation), CHC launched the Black Birthing Initiative in January 2022 to address the maternal health crisis and reduce preterm births.
The Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a national network of Black women-led and Black-led, birth and reproductive justice organizations and multi-disciplinary professionals, working across the full-spectrum of maternal and reproductive health.
Adele’s presentation will take place on Saturday, September 17, from 2:00-3:00pm ET.
