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👩⚕️ Women’s health matters—at EVERY age! This #InternationalWomensDay, we're continuing to focus on the overlooked inequities in older women’s health care. Let’s fight for research, policy, and care that support women throughout their lives. 💜 #HealthEquity #IWD2024 Learn more at: https://hubs.li/Q03b145v0

Staff members Hadar Re'em, Kristen Brenneman, Carolyn Byrnes, and Alaina Connor attended two inspiring #InternationalWomensDay events hosted by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, including a powerful panel discussion on gender equality featuring incredible local leaders, followed by a luncheon with journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro. We're grateful for the opportunity to participate in these conversations on accelerating action for a more equal future! #InternationalWomensDay #GenderEquality #IWD2025

We look forward to seeing the change the Women's Health Analytics Center at University of Pittsburgh will make in the lives of women and girls using AI to tackle health challenges women face. Bridging the gender-based research gap is a vital step toward achieving gender equity in care and outcomes. https://hubs.li/Q02_8gjK0

Congratulations to JHF staff members Maureen Saxon-Gioia, Bridget Cox, Sara Nelis, Jen Condel, Carol Frazer, and Robert Ferguson for their recent recognition from Merck for Mothers! Since 2019, when Pittsburgh was selected as one of the first 10 Safer Childbirth City initiatives in the U.S., this dedicated team has worked as a convener in an effort to close maternal health gaps and advance community-driven care to make Pittsburgh a safer, more equitable, and accessible place to give birth. Learn more about Pittsburgh as a SCC: https://hubs.li/Q02-BpT_0

The Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative's Safe Sleep initiative brings together 15 organizations and 62 hospitals to reduce infant sleep-related deaths through education and resources. #SafeSleepMonth https://hubs.li/Q02Ww5wm0 https://hubs.li/Q02Wwl5w0

Join the Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus for a Doula Roundtable event in Harrisburg tomorrow at 9am on Tues, Oct 22 or virtually here: https://hubs.li/Q02V6mBq0 Learn about the Pennsylvania Doula Commission and how it can support doulas, current policy challenges and opportunities for the doula profession, and will include a Q&A session for all attendees.

This week we had an impactful Congressional Briefing in partnership with Senator Cory Booker and the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs and met with Senators Casey and Fetterman. The focus: Investing in community solutions for maternal health and lessons learned from the Safer Childbirth Cities initiative. #MaternalHealth #MerckForMothers #SaferChildbirthCities #CommunitySolutions #AMCHP #CongressionalBriefing

The Maternal and Child Center of Penn Highlands Healthcare earned a silver designation in recognition of its work in the issue area of substance exposed newborns in its quality improvement work with the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative. #qualityimprovement #maternalhealth #childhealth #healthcare https://hubs.li/Q02Gy3LQ0

University of Pittsburgh Professor Dr. Vanathi Gopalakrishnan gave a presentation to the Board on the ability of Digital Twin technology to improve equity of care for women as they age. #womenshealth #healthequity #healthcaretechnology https://hubs.li/Q02DZ7yy0

Five Geisinger hospitals were recipients of the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative Inaugural Designations Award. Each of the hospitals focused on the issue area of immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception and maternal substance use disorders identification. #maternalhealth https://hubs.li/Q02CD-zH0