Christy Turlington Burns

We know what needs to be done for US #maternalhealth ✅ #medicaid expansion and reimbursement ⬆️ ✅ increase #midwife participation ✅ facilitate #postpartum access ✅ leverage #telehealth ✅ center #healthequity Who will have the political will? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

“With smart policies and investments, the United States can rebalance the scales so more families can focus on what really matters: ushering new babies into safe, healthy, welcoming homes.” ⁦@everymomcounts⁩ #GivingbirthinAmerica washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Congrats to @mnaficy and the entire @arcade_ai team on their historic launch - the first ever AI product creation platform, which turns your thoughts into things! Try asking Arcade’s AI models to design a jewelry for you and you’ll see amazing results.

Happy Mother’s Day from ⁦@RunTeamEMC⁩ in Brooklyn #citytririns

Please help Christy reach her fundraising goals for the 2024 Team EMC Kilimanjaro Marathon! haku.ly/70dfae4cdc

A difficult but important read. Women and children always lose in war. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/12/28/wor…

“Childhood war trauma is a public health crisis” via ⁦@BostonGlobe⁩ bostonglobe.com/2023/12/26/opi…

#10MilesforMothers ⁦@everymomcounts⁩ ⁦@RunTeamEMC⁩ 🧡🧡🧡

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. #NobelPrize

#5milesformothers ⁦@RunTeamEMC⁩ ⁦@everymomcounts⁩ #givingbirthinamerica 🧡

Appreciate @latimes reporting on the positive impact #midwife / #OB physician collaboration can have on #laboranddelivery especially for Black women Want to prevent #csection ? Let the experts in low risk care for low risk patients latimes.com/california/sto…

The midwifery model of care has been proven to improve birth outcomes and make mothers feel safer and listened to. @everymomcounts #givingbirthinamerica latimes.com/california/sto…

Excited to return to one of my favorite half marathon courses this n the world on November 5th. This was ⁦@RunTeamEMC⁩ the first year we participated ⁦@GoldenGateHalf⁩ Join us! 🧡 ⁦@everymomcounts⁩

“I became a global maternal health advocate the day I became a mother.” At #CGI2022, @CTurlington joined us to discuss her inspiration behind @everymomcounts and why everyone should be a maternal health advocate.

Training begins…⁦⁦@RunTeamEMC⁩ @GoldenGateHalf⁩ November 5th #SanFrancisco 🧡

Tennessee House subcommittee members had state troopers physically remove gun safety activists who quietly held signs from a hearing. We bow down to this woman who - visibly shaking - said: “You will have to drag me out.” Moms will win.

“And for those women who may be at higher risk and have a concern that may be life-threatening — if they are reluctant to seek help, and this study suggests that almost half of them are, they may be at risk for a very adverse outcome.” via @NYTimes ⁦ nytimes.com/2023/08/22/hea…

Sinead O’Connor Was Ireland’s Alternative Moral Compass nytimes.com/2023/07/27/art…

1205 people died of maternal causes in the US in 2021 vs 658 in 2018. JAMA EIC @KBibbinsDomingo spoke with @doccrearperry, @mclemoremr, and @AMeadowsMD about these preventable #MaternalMortality deaths, which are particularly high among Black people. ja.ma/3KftsPv