The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $295,000 Cooperative Agreement under the "Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs" (CFDA 93.946) to the State of Alaska Department of Health, Division FGA 06000. The award supports the Alaska Maternal Child Death Review (MCDR) Committee's efforts to enhance the timeliness, accuracy, and availability of information on strategies to prevent pregnancy-related deaths...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $590,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under CFDA 93.946 "Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs" will support the Ministry of Health in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to establish and improve their maternal mortality review processes. The funding will enable the Ministry to identify and characterize pregnancy-related deaths, conduct vital records quality...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $885,000.00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) supports the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) in identifying and characterizing pregnancy-related deaths to prevent similar deaths in the future. The key objectives of this five-year award, with a start date of September 30, 2024, are to: 1) improve data...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $1,190,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). This 5-year award will support ADPH's efforts to enhance maternal mortality review processes and data collection in Alabama. Key goals include: 1) improving the availability, quality, and timeliness of maternal mortality review...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $740,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) to the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health (OMCFH). This 5-year award, effective September 30, 2024, will allow OMCFH to build and improve the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) by...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $370,000 cooperative agreement under the "Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs" (CFDA 93.946) to the State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS). The purpose of this 5-year award is to increase the timeliness, comprehensiveness, and availability of information on maternal mortality in Montana, while collaboratively developing and...
The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) in Guam was awarded a $590,000 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The award aims to implement several strategies to address high maternal mortality in Guam, including: (1) improving the quality and availability of death records to enable thorough maternal death review,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $990,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The funding will support ADH's Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee (AMMRC) in conducting comprehensive maternal mortality reviews, collecting and analyzing maternal health data, and developing strategies to reduce maternal...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $295,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Palau. The award will enable the Palau Ministry of Health to conduct comprehensive maternal mortality reviews, collect and analyze maternal health data, and develop strategies to reduce maternal mortality and...
The New Mexico Department of Health was awarded a $495,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946). The five-year award, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will support the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) in conducting comprehensive reviews of pregnancy-related deaths, collecting and analyzing...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $590,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) to the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH). The purpose of this 5-year award is to establish a Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) in American Samoa to review pregnancy-related deaths, identify preventable causes, and develop strategies to reduce maternal mortality and health disparities. Key activities include comprehensive data collection and abstraction, timely multidisciplinary case reviews, community engagement through informant interviews, and the formulation and dissemination of prevention recommendations. This initiative aims to enhance data quality and timeliness, increase review timeliness, engage community perspectives, and drive data-informed policy and program changes to ultimately reduce pregnancy-related mortality and disparities in American Samoa.