Removing Breastfeeding Stigma Could Unlock Lifesaving Benefits to Black Mothers and Their Babies
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmeriHealthCaritas?src=hash" target="_blank">#AmeriHealthCaritas</a>--The United States is one of the most dangerous places in the developed world for a black woman giving birth and for black infants in their first year of life.1 Stark racial disparities exist between black and white infants in the U.S. The infant mortality rate of non-Hispanic black infants is 10.9 per 1,000 live births, which is 2.3 times the infant mortality rate as non-Hispanic whites (4.7 per 1,000 live births).2 Despite the news, there is a healthy, cost-effec ...
