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Dr. Anete Muxlhanga’s Mission: Local, Data-Driven Solutions for Maternal Health in Mozambique

Maternal Health Task Force

By: Audrey Benson , a researcher and writer with experience in quantitative and participatory projects at the intersection of health, gender, and migration. Maternal and Child Health in Mozambique: A Physicians Perspective Dr. Anete Muxlhanga, a Mozambican physician and researcher, provides firsthand insights into these challenges.

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The Network in 2025: Connecting Public Health, Community Needs, and Law and Policy Solutions

The Network for Public Health Law

In 2024, we worked with health agencies, service providers, as well as community-based organizations, to help them leverage laws and policies to ensure abortion rights and access to reproductive health services, and to advocate for such on a national level.

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Honoring the 2025 AMCHP Annual Award Recipients

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

As part of this grant, Haita oversees the Rhode Island Maternal Health Taskforce and the development and implementation of the Rhode Island Maternal Health Strategic Plan alongside Taskforce members and other RIDOH teams. Together, KBJS is transforming the future of reproductive health in Kansas.

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Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data

Association of Health Care Journalists

Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice. Websites such as the NIHs Office of Research on Womens Health were also unavailable Friday.

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The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

KFF Health News

But without policy changes that boost low wages, decrease medical costs, put safe housing and strong public education within reach, and ensure access to reproductive health care including abortion, Harris said, the country’s overall life expectancy may grow worse. Learn more about KFF.