Levels Of Maternal Care Episodes

ASTHO's new President and Mississippi State Health Officer Daniel Edney shares how state and territorial health officials can address persistent health challenges and learn from one another. He highlights lessons learned in Mississippi: support for maternal and infant health and rural communities, and developing solutions driven by local needs.

Senior Analyst for Maternal and Infant Health at ASTHO Lexa Giragosian highlights ASTHO's latest research on implementing Levels of Maternal Care across the country, and how ASTHO has collaborated with 13 states to better maternal care.

In this bonus, long-form episode, Daniel Edney, ASTHO president-elect and state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, explains how Mississippi is using Rural Health Transformation Program grant funding to strengthen maternal health systems, Then, Ramya Flores, director of Maternal and Infant Health at ASTHO, puts Mississippi's work into a national context, highlighting how states are adopting levels of maternal care to improve access to risk-appropriate services.