President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.
Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health.
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
In order to reverse the maternal health crisis for black women in the U.S., we need concrete policies from our leaders and better protocols from hospitals.
