04/15/2026
This week is Black Maternal Health Week.
CHCs Director of Operations and External Affairs, Dr. Mariah Chrans spoke with Access Health News about how is responding to systemic issues in health care that impact Black maternal health through Joy, Hope, Action, Data, and Clarity.
'In the Kansas City metro, an average of 6.1 kindergarten classrooms are never formed each year because of preventable infant death. Black infants in the region die at roughly twice the rate of white infants, and in Wyandotte County, the Black infant mortality rate has reached 12.9 per 1,000 live births.'
'“We collectively talk about Black maternal health in a way that puts the onus on the Black body, like the level of melanin is causing the issue, which is not the case,” Dr. Chrans said. “This is happening because these systems that we put in place are harming and preventing the type of level of care that others receive.”'
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You can't close a gap you can't measure. Cradle Kansas City built the Kansas City region's only data network linking clinical, social, and community health records so Black maternal outcomes stop getting erased.
