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  • Data in Danger: The Disappearing Infrastructure of Maternal Health Research

    Oct 15, 2025

    This brief is the sixth and final in IWPR’s series Birthing While Black: The Urgent Fight for Maternal Health Reform. It reviews the historical and current mechanisms for collecting and disseminating maternal health data, describes the flaws and complexities that have emerged in those systems, and details the current-day threats to our ability to understand and address the United States’ maternal health crisis.

     

    This brief is part of IWPR’s Birthing While Black series. Click here to see the full series.