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Indigenous 'helpers' combat high maternal mortality rates

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Indigenous 'helpers' train to combat high maternal mortality rates

Women in the U.S. are more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than anywhere else in the developed world, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Native American women face some of the highest rates of death, and in Arizona, those disparities are even more profound. From the Cronkite School of Journalism, Jennifer Alvarez reports on an effort to fight maternal mortality among Native Americans.

12/04/2020

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