To prevent women from dying in childbirth, first stop blaming them.

This 2019 article shares the shameful secret that: Although the number of women who die in childbirth globally has fallen in recent decades, the rates in the U.S. have gone up. Since 1987 maternal mortality has doubled in the U.S. It outlines changes needed to keep black people alive who give birth.

APA Citation: Scientific American, May 1, 2019. This article was originally published with the title "How to Reduce Maternal Mortality" in Scientific American 320, 5, 48-51 (May 2019) doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0519-48

Monica R. McLemore and Valentina D'Efilippo