Uncared For: America the Outlier

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The maternal mortality rate in the United States is more than double that of our peers – and it’s especially high among Black birthing people. Why? The Commonwealth Fund collaborated with Lemonada Media to create</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncared For</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a six-part podcast series, hosted by award-winning journalist SuChin Pak (Add to Cart, MTV News) to take a personal and wide-ranging look at maternal health care around the globe to find the answer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Dose</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we’re sharing the first episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncared For</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. SuChin Pak talks to Brandi Jordan, a doula who was an essential support for Pak’s own childbirth. Even though Jordan has decades of childbirth experience, when it came time for her own pregnancies, she was repeatedly ignored and neglected by her doctors. Unfortunately, Jordan is not alone in experiencing a system that disproportionately fails Black birthing people.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncared For</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">examines some of the factors that contribute to the systemic racism that Black birthing people face in the United States and unpacks the historical roots of these inequities. Over the course of the series, the show explores health care systems in Germany, the Netherlands, and Costa Rica to find solutions for a health care system that’s safer for all birthing people.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All six episodes of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncared For</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">are now available wherever you get your podcasts.</span></p>