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This is Lindsay Smith Rogers.

Welcome back to this special series of public health in the field dedicated to addressing

the Black Maternal Health Crisis in the United States. In this episode, co-hosts Dr. Rachel

Burvell and Annalise Winnie will explore how government policy can help shape the solutions to this

ongoing crisis and some ways in which it already has. Before we begin, we recommend that

listeners check out the first episode in this series, which gives an overview of how and why the

nation has come to recognize the severity of this crisis in recent years. And a quick note about

the language used in this series. While we use the terms maternal and women

throughout this podcast, we do acknowledge

that not all individuals who give birth

identify as women.

Let's listen.

Welcome back to this special series

of public health in the field.

I'm Rachel Burval.

And I'm Annalise Winnie.

As Mother's Day approaches, we're reminded of the countless moms and maternal figures who shape

our lives and communities.

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