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Encore: United States Leads Industrialized World In Maternal Deaths

Bethany Mollenkof for NPR
Using a mannequin to simulate dangerous scenarios, a team at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center learns standard treatments for obstetric emergencies like hemorrhage.

This interview was originally broadcast August 7, 2018.

The United States leads the developed worldin the rate of deaths among pregnant, delivering and post-natal women. We'll talk about why Americans are struggling with this statistic.

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