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🖤 Black Maternal Health Week: When the System Fails You, Here’s How to Navigate It Anyway advocacy matters black maternal health black women's death black women's health care coordination clear navigation path doctor eno advocates health inequities implicit bias in healthcare know your numbers know your options maternal mortality medical navigation pregnancy advocacy preventable maternal deaths Apr 13, 2026

 Every year from April 11 to 17, Black Maternal Health Week invites us to center the voices, lived experiences, and leadership of Black mothers and birthing people. The 2026 theme — Rooted in Justice and Joy — marks a decade of advocacy led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. Ten years of naming a c...

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Why Maternal Mortality Awareness Month Matters—Especially for Black Women black maternal health black women’s health health advocacy health equity implicit bias in healthcare maternal mortality awareness postpartum support pregnancy advocacy preventable maternal deaths structural racism and health Apr 17, 2025

 

Every April, we recognize Maternal Mortality Awareness Month. It is a time to shine a light on the lives lost as a result of preventable pregnancy-related complications and the families left behind. 

For Black women in America, this awareness isn't just about data and headlines—it's about our li...

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