The Maternal Health Crisis America Can’t Ignore w/ Dr. Neel Shah, Maven Clinic

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A mother today is 50% more likely to die in childbirth than her own mother was (per @CDC) . The U.S. has half the hospitals delivering babies it had in 1982, and in some parts of the country, families drive farther to reach a delivery hospital than the average person in Kenya.

Dr. Neel Shah, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at Maven Clinic, joins host John Driscoll to discuss the generational collapse in U.S. maternal outcomes and the newly launched $100 million bipartisan campaign, Healthy Moms Healthy Babies America, aiming to cut maternal mortality in half within five years.

🎙️⚕️ABOUT DR. NEEL SHAH
Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG is Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, and a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to four books, including as senior author of Understanding Value-Based Healthcare (McGraw-Hill). He founded Costs of Care, an NGO helping delivery systems provide better care, and co-founded the March for Moms Association, a coalition of 20+ organizations dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes. His work on health equity is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary Aftershock and The Color of Care, executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. He serves on the NIH Office of Women’s Health Research advisory board and is listed among Becker’s “40 Smartest People in Healthcare.”

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