ADPH, Gift of Life, Birmingham Healthy Start Plus to Present "Examining the Roots: The Impact of Maternal Mortality on Infant Mortality

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The Alabama Department of Public Health and Alabama Healthy Start Grantees will present the virtual summit "Examining the Roots: The Impact of Maternal Mortality on Infant Mortality” on September 9, 2020, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

This year’s summit will explore the connection between women’s health and healthy birth outcomes; the state of rural health care for women; and COVID-19, health and mortality in Alabama.

Summit presenters will include:

• Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell, U.S. Representative of Alabama’s 7th Congressional District

• Monica McLemore, RN, MPH, PHD, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco

• Albert Holloway, MD, Pediatrics Specialist in Montgomery, AL

The event will also feature a panel discussion that includes families and others who have been impacted by maternal and infant loss.

This year’s summit is offered to health providers, health advocates and the community at no cost. For more information and to register go to https://golfound.org/2020-infant-mortality-summit, email mdavis@golfound.org or visit ADPH at www.alabamapublichealth.gov.

SPONSORS: Alabama Department of Public Health, Gift of Life Foundation and Birmingham Healthy Start Plus.