{"id":11067,"date":"2025-04-11T00:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.providecare.org\/?p=11067"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:24:55","slug":"call-to-action-black-maternal-health-week-is-april-11-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.providecare.org\/blog\/call-to-action-black-maternal-health-week-is-april-11-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to Action: Black Maternal Health Week is April 11-17"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11067\" class=\"elementor elementor-11067\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635b2c0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"635b2c0b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f849522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f849522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/blackmamasmatter.org\/bmhw25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Maternal Health Week<\/a>&nbsp;emphasizes the power of Black-led reproductive health organizations to drive systemic change and foster community healing. Provide Executive Director Fatimah Gifford joins a global community of Black leaders in speaking up about why #BlackMamasMatter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Too many Black mothers are dying \u2013 and that\u2019s a problem. When we fight for Black maternal health, we fight for justice, equity, and a future where every mother gets the care they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Black Maternal Health Week matters because it shines a light on a crisis that\u2019s too often ignored: <b>Black women are 3-4x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women in the U.S. \u2014 and most of those deaths are preventable.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This matters. It\u2019s urgent, and it affects us all.<\/p>\n<p>At Provide, we talk about connecting the dots across systems of care. When it comes to Black maternal health, understanding the intersections of anti-Blackness and different types of stigmatized care could not be more important.<\/p>\n<p>Stigma silences. It isolates. And it creates barriers to care that can be deadly.<\/p>\n<p>When reproductive care is stigmatized\u2014including birthing, abortion, and miscarriage support\u2014the harm is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blackmamasmatter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Final-2025-BMHW-Toolkit_2_26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">always multiplied<\/a>&nbsp;for Black women and birthing people. We see that in the consistently high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.<\/p>\n<p><b>But where stigma silences, community and collaboration can heal.<\/b> Continuity of care is critical in addressing the significant disparities in Black maternal health.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29959146\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research<\/a>&nbsp;shows that consistent and coordinated healthcare is significantly associated with lower mortality and leads to better outcomes for Black mothers.<\/p>\n<p><b>This week is about more than raising awareness\u2014it\u2019s about demanding action, amplifying Black voices, and investing in the health, dignity, and survival of Black mothers and birthing people. <\/b>It emphasizes that Black-led efforts are essential because Black leaders bring lived experience, cultural insight, and community trust\u2014things that no policy or program can replicate. Provide stands alongside Black-led movements because dismantling reproductive health disparities <em>requires<\/em> centering those most impacted.&nbsp;<\/p><p>This work isn\u2019t charity \u2014 it\u2019s justice. 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