Isabelle Akinyemiju

Jun 11, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Alex Stavros |Jameta Nicole Barlow |Susan Friedman |Isabelle Akinyemiju

It is no secret that the U.S. lags greatly behind other developed nations in maternal health outcomes. When we hear the stories of women like Shalon Irving, who died three weeks after giving birth and whose pleas for help prior to her death were all but ignored, or the story of Kira Johnson, who was left hemorrhaging for ten hours in the hospital after what was supposed to be a routine c-section, it is hard not to see how real and evident this disparity is.