Maternal Health Policy Episodes
July 23, 2026
1171: Leveraging the Rural Health Transformation Grant to Strengthen Maternal Health Systems
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.
Guests: Daniel Edney, MD , Ramya Flores, MPH
June 29, 2026
1155: Maternal Health Solutions from South Dakota
On today's episode, Denise Hanisch from the South Dakota Department of Health shares the state's maternal and infant health priorities, and ASTHO's Sanaa Akbarali highlights takeaways from the Region 7 Maternal Health ECHO Summit.
Guests: Sanaa Akbarali, MPH , Denise Hanisch, MD