The COVID-19 pandemic cast a spotlight on socioeconomic health disparities in this country, but those disparities have been evident and especially acute for years among mothers and infants in this country.  And poor maternal and infant health outcomes are especially pronounced in populations of color. Venicia Gray, senior manager for maternal and infant health for the National Partnership for Women and Families, and Dr. Sandhya Gardner, chief medical officer of Wellframe discuss the drivers of poor maternal and infant health outcomes, the outsized impact of systemic racism, what moms and babies need for good health and solutions to the maternal and infant health crisis. 

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