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How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy | Elizabeth Howell

How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy | Elizabeth Howell

Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country

TED Talks Daily · TED

July 18, 201915m 18s

Show Notes

Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country -- and 60 percent of them are preventable. With clarity and urgency, physician Elizabeth Howell explains the causes of maternal mortality and shares ways for hospitals and doctors to make pregnancy safer for women before, during and after childbirth.**

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