In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new plan and partnership to address maternal mortality. The plan includes a bold goal of reducing the U.S. maternal mortality rate by 50% by 2025. Key HHS offices [...]
The United States Congress stimulus package of December 20 provides historic funding for maternal mental health, including:$3 million for a dedicated maternal mental health hotline$5 million for grants to states to address maternal mental healthAccording to Congress,the U.S. [...]
MMHLA has recently helped develop a directory listing all the psychiatry fellowship programs in North America that focus on reproductive psychiatry and women's mental health. The directory includes 15 programs in the United States and one [...]
Read Article Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for women in the first year following pregnancy, and up to 20% of individuals experiencing postpartum depression have suicidal ideations. Learn more in this article [...]
MMHLA is thrilled to announce that Founder Jamie Zahlaway Belsito is taking on a new role as the organization's first full-time Policy Director. Jamie is a subject matter expert in maternal mental health policies at [...]
Read the full letter - PDF MMHLA authored a letter, in partnership with sister organizations 2020 Mom and Postpartum Support International, encouraging the United States Senate to enact legislation to extend pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage for [...]
A new study by the National Institutes of Health shows that post-partum depression can last several years after the birth of a baby. Here's a quick summary: The study was conducted by researchers at NIH’s Eunice [...]
MMHLA has hired two interns, both of whom are graduate students at the Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University. Rana Abdel-Rahman / Intern Rana is a native Virginian who graduated from the [...]
Read the full letter - PDF MMHLA authored a letter (with over 125 additional organizations signing on) to the Senate Appropriations Committee encouraging funding of a Maternal Mental Health Hotline at $3.5 million. The [...]
Comments Organization Letter In July 2020, the Child and Adult Core Set Annual Review Stakeholder WorkGroup (“the Workgroup”) met to assess the Core Set of performance measurements used by Medicaid and CHIP (The Children’s [...]
