(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON — The NAACP, along with Legal Defense Fund (LDF), National Action Network (NAN), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute, sent a letter to shareholders at Tenet Healthcare Corporation urging them to support a proposal related to maternal health. This is of particular interest to these organizations because poor maternal health outcomes are a public health crisis in the United States that has an outsized effect on Black communities.

The proposal – which was submitted by the New York State Common Retirement Fund – calls on Tenet’s Board of Directors to issue a comprehensive public report detailing strategies and programs the company has deployed to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidities. Today’s letter highlights the proposal as an important step toward improving maternal health outcomes and eliminating racial disparities that adversely affect Black pregnant people.

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