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Maternal well being care in Texas is a narrative of feast and famine. The state has world-class medical services and specialists, however half of all counties lack even one maternal well being care supplier. Texas girls usually tend to be uninsured, miss routine check-ups and die throughout being pregnant and childbirth than in virtually another state.
The outlook is even worse in rural Texas, the place 1 / 4 of girls dwell greater than 30 miles from the closest supplier. If Texas can’t discover a manner to assist girls get well being care near residence, the ripple results can be felt statewide.
Texas’ leaders acknowledge that wholesome pregnancies create wholesome households. However what are they doing to handle these rising gaps, and the ladies who fall by way of them?
Be part of The Texas Tribune at midday Tuesday, April 22 at College Medical Heart in Lubbock once we’ll study the successes and struggles of strengthening maternal well being in rural Texas communities, from the people who find themselves on the entrance strains, and listen to about how bettering girls’s well being outcomes helps everybody, regardless of the place they dwell.
Confirmed audio system embody Lisa Dillard, director of the Maternal & Toddler Well being Initiative for March of Dimes West Texas and Jill Shanklin, vice chairman for nursing excellence at UMC Well being System, Lubbock. An extra speaker can be introduced quickly. The occasion can be moderated by the Tribune’s girls’s well being reporter Eleanor Klibanoff.
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