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How Detroit is making baby showers more than just gifts and games 

How Detroit is making baby showers more than just gifts and games 

Local doctors and advocates are working to lower Michigan’s high maternal and infant mortality rates and the financial pressures that...
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SOS MATERNITY Network to Host Detroit Community Baby Shower to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Statewide 

SOS MATERNITY Network to Host Detroit Community Baby Shower to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Statewide 

As part of its broader efforts to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, the SOS MATERNITY Network will host a...
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SOS MATERNITY Network, based at Wayne State University, enrolls 2,000th mother

SOS MATERNITY Network, based at Wayne State University, enrolls 2,000th mother

The SOS MATERNITY Network announced that more than 2,000 patients have been enrolled in the program, an important early milestone...
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SOS Maternity Network Community Baby Shower supports expecting mothers in Flint area

SOS Maternity Network Community Baby Shower supports expecting mothers in Flint area

Though maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are higher than in other developed nation, the SOS Maternity Network (Synergy...
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Community Baby Shower – Flint

Community Baby Shower – Flint

The event is set to take place in the Ramsdell Room in the Flint Farmers Market from 11 a.m. to...
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Wayne State-led health care collaborative launches network to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan

Wayne State-led health care collaborative launches network to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan

As Michigan faces alarming maternal and infant mortality rates, a health care collaborative led by Wayne State University’s Office of Women’s...
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Michigan hospitals and universities partner to reduce infant mortality

Michigan hospitals and universities partner to reduce infant mortality

For the first time in Michigan, the state, its leading hospitals, and universities are teaming up with one simple objective:...
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Michigan health network created to fight infant, maternal mortality

Michigan health network created to fight infant, maternal mortality

Fourteen of Michigan's leading health networks and institutions gathered Monday to announce a collaboration funded with state dollars meant to...
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Michigan launches ‘SOS Maternity Network’ to address maternal and infant deaths

Michigan launches ‘SOS Maternity Network’ to address maternal and infant deaths

The program aims to dramatically reduce premature births and help treat or prevent dangerous conditions during pregnancy, like pre-eclampsia and...
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Wayne State-led health care collaborative launches network to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan

Wayne State-led health care collaborative launches network to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan

Leaders from across Michigan have united through the SOS MATERNITY Network to address maternal and internal mortality in Michigan.
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Detroit PBS’ ‘One Detroit,’ Detroit News focus on skyrocketing maternal deaths in Michigan

Detroit PBS’ ‘One Detroit,’ Detroit News focus on skyrocketing maternal deaths in Michigan

Detroit PBS aired a segment Thursday (see video featured above) that featured leading health care providers in Southeastern Michigan to...
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Michigan gets D+ in infant mortality rate

Michigan gets D+ in infant mortality rate

One of the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow’s maternal-fetal medicine specialists told 6 News that the report has motivated healthcare providers...
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Hassan: Together, we can combat Michigan’s maternal health crisis

Hassan: Together, we can combat Michigan’s maternal health crisis

The SOS MATERNITY Network and its collaborators call on Michigan’s health care providers, community advocates and patient populations to join...
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WJR selects Dr. Hassan for Women Who Lead Award

WJR selects Dr. Hassan for Women Who Lead Award

Sonia Hassan, M.D., associate vice president and founder of Wayne State University’s Office of Women’s Health, was selected by WJR...
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New program aims to comprehensively tackle maternal, infant health in Michigan

New program aims to comprehensively tackle maternal, infant health in Michigan

A group of Michigan’s top maternal health doctors asked themselves a big question: what measures would work best to reduce...
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Michigan, hospitals partner together for maternity network

Michigan, hospitals partner together for maternity network

A new kind of union has launched in Michigan with an aim at reducing the disparity of complications that happen...
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Network Created to Promote Healthier Pregnancies in Michigan

Network Created to Promote Healthier Pregnancies in Michigan

Fourteen maternal-fetal medicine-focused universities and healthcare systems across the state are participating in SOS Maternity
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Wayne State is launching the SOS Maternity Network, a first-of-its-kind program to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan.

Wayne State is launching the SOS Maternity Network, a first-of-its-kind program to promote healthier pregnancies in Michigan.

Dr. Sonia Hassan joins Marie Osborne to share more about this program. Listen now!
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SOS Maternity Network celebrates coming together to combat infant mortality

SOS Maternity Network celebrates coming together to combat infant mortality

'The rates of preterm birth now are at its highest rate in 20 years'
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Created Equal: Maternity care deserts and the loss of health care access for women

Created Equal: Maternity care deserts and the loss of health care access for women

Access to maternity care is essential for preventing poor health outcomes and eliminating health disparities.
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