Black Maternal Health Week (4/11-4/17) is an opportunity to raise awareness around racial disparities in maternal health.
All birthing people deserve a healthy, safe, and joyful pregnancy. Black birthing people are more likely to die or have life-threatening complications during pregnancy than other racial or ethnic groups.
This week, we highlight key data and information related to Black maternal health:
- CDPH: Centering Black Mothers in California Report
- Describes how structural racism impacts the health of Black mothers and their babies
- UCSF Center for Health Equity: Improving Black Maternal Health Through Person-Centered Care, 2026 Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA) Brief
- Using representative 2023 MIHA data, the brief quantifies inequities in everyday maternity care experiences in California
- CDPH MCAH Strategy in Action: Advancing Black Birth Equity Together in California
- Strengthens alignment across CDPH to improve the health and well-being of Black mothers, birthing people, and their families through program, policy, systems, and environmental change
We are working toward a future where ALL Black families have the rights, respect and resources to thrive. Our Black Infant Health program works to improve birth outcomes for Black women and families.
This Black Maternal Health Week, let’s collectively work toward a future where ALL Black birthing people have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive.
Visit Supporting Black Maternal and Infant Health to learn more!
