The United States has the highest maternal death rate of any high-income country, largely due to a lack of federal funding for pregnancy research, according to a review published today in JAMA Health Forum by a panel of women’s health experts, including Andrea G. Edlow, M.D., MSc, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 2022, there was an average of 22 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to The Commonwealth Fund. By comparison, in 2021 there was an average of 3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan and Sweden.

“If we are to improve pregnancy outcomes in the US and promote women’s health in general, it is critical to ensure that research dollars and decisions about funding priorities reflect the views of those who are on the front

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