African American women have a significantly increased risk of stroke and death during pregnancy and childbirth or in the period right after birth, compared to the risk of stroke among white women, ...

DALLAS, March 11, 2021 — African American women have a significantly increased risk of stroke and death during pregnancy and childbirth or in the period right after birth, compared to the risk of ...

For the last decade, there has been attention to the troublesome fact that African American women have more problematic pregnancies than do white women. And, while in the U.S. pregnancy outcomes are ...

Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It's a complication characterized by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labor or in the first week after ...

The entrance to a maternity hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 15, 2020. Photo by: Baz Ratner / Reuters Pregnant women who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in sub-Saharan ...

Pregnancy puts women at higher risk of severe medical complications or death from COVID-19, according to a new study of more than 1,300 women in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers argue that vaccinating ...

The rates of adolescent pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa are among the world’s highest. The adolescent birth rate is as high as 139 per 1,000 girls in Tanzania and 96 per 1,000 in Kenya. This is ...

Each year, across Africa, tens of thousands of adolescent girls drop out of school or experience discrimination and exclusion because they are pregnant, married, or are mothers. Pregnancy is both a ...