Following on from my earlier post

Following on from my earlier post... I invite you to join @fivexmore_ in the #fivexmore selfie challenge to raise awareness on the issue of black and Asian women being signiificantly higher risk of dying in childbirth than caucasian women. For black women, the risk is 5 x .

The MBRRACE report document some astonishing figures and their recommendations are as follows: . "Commissioning organisations should review both their crude and stabilised mortality rates alongside their high risk population characteristics (e.g. deprivation and ethnicity) to facilitate the development of public health initiatives and to target focused interventions, such as the continued rollout of continuity of carer as recommended by Better Births, with a particular focus on women in high-risk ethnic groups and those living in areas of high deprivation" . I would love to see the outcomes of such initiatives having a positive impact on the mortality rate but feel it's going to need to go deeper and tackled on a much higher, systemic level. . If you are from a minority ethnic group, and pregnant, be sure to follow the advice set out in the slides 🖤

#fivexmore