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The Good News - Improving Maternal Health in America

While we acknowledge the progress that America has made thus far in the 21st Century on socioeconomic issues, one issue that needs to receive greater priority is maternal Health for women in underserved communities. The GOOD News is the Department of Health and Human Services has announced 558 billion dollars in funding to improve maternal health outcomes nationwide.

Dr. Chavis is African American civil rights leader and icon, United Church of Christ (UCC) ordained minister, author, journalist, organic chemist, environmentalist, global entrepreneur, and currently President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC since 2014.