infant mortality

Black Maternal Health Week is held each April, raising awareness of inequities in health care and campaigning for collective action supporting Black families.In 2005, Delaware had the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the nation, with a disproportionate number affecting Black and brown children. Those rates declined in 2009 after several statewide and grassroots efforts to care for marginalized families.That decline continues, but Black Delawareans are still more at risk during pregnancy and postpartum than white Delawareans.Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee sat down with Family Health Systems Section Chief Leah Jones and Black Mothers in Power Founder Shané Darby to talk about Black maternal health in Delaware and grassroots efforts to protect First State families.

Nemours Children’s Hospital, one of Delaware’s primary healthcare providers for specialized birth and pediatric care, is increasing its services and capacity.

As Black Maternal Health Week wraps up, Delaware lawmakers discuss upcoming legislation on a state and federal level to address health care disparities.

Black Breastfeeding Week is helping connect mothers and mothers to be with partners, peers, and resources to raise healthier babies.The theme for the…

Healthcare payers and providers in Delaware are part of a collaborative effort to find out if there is a link between the pandemic and a decrease in…

Black and Native American women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the national…

A resolution passed by the General Assembly last month urges the State Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to examine extending Medicaid coverage…

Six community-based organizations are getting mini-grants from the state to help reduce infant mortality and morbidity in Delaware’s African-American…

Tuesday's annual Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium summit in Wilmington focused on the disparity between maternal and infant health outcomes…

Just a few months after Bayhealth Hospital built a new room for perinatal testing at its Kent County campus, officials say another addition may soon be…