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From 2015-2017, Black women were 5x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Tomorrow Parliament will debate the petition we started to try and change this - signed by 187,519 people.
What do we want from MPs? THREAD #BlackMaternalHealthDebate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3010…
Tomorrow Parliament will debate the petition we started to try and change this - signed by 187,519 people.
What do we want from MPs? THREAD #BlackMaternalHealthDebate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3010…
According to the latest MMBRACE #MaternalHealth figures:
Black women are 4x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Mixed heritage women are 3x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Asian women are 2x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Black women are 4x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Mixed heritage women are 3x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
Asian women are 2x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.
UK maternity care is rife with unequal health outcomes.
We want decision makers to acknowledge the disparities between Black women and their white counterparts in their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth within the NHS and commit to closing these gaps #protectblackwomen
We want decision makers to acknowledge the disparities between Black women and their white counterparts in their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth within the NHS and commit to closing these gaps #protectblackwomen
