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The Maternal Health Initiative Launches the CODE BLUE Series on Non-communicable Diseases and Maternal Health

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CODE BLUE // Dot-Mom // September 17, 2019 // By Maternal Health Initiative Staff

This article is part of the Maternal Health Initiative’s CODE BLUE series, developed in partnership with EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Every year, 18 million women of reproductive age die from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which poses a growing and often overlooked challenge to global maternal health. The CODE BLUE series aims to bring to light and explore these issues.
Each year, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 2 in every 3 deaths among women globally. It is estimated that NCDs kill 35 million people each year, and women of reproductive age make up about half of these deaths. The compounding effects NCDs have on pregnancy complicate women’s experiences in many unseen ways. The rise and gravity of NCDs pose a growing and often overlooked challenge to maternal health worldwide.

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