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Sangamon County Nurse-Family Partnership helps mothers for the first time

Sometimes a statistic is too shocking to ignore, and maternal morbidity is heartbreaking. In Illinois, an average of 75 women die each year during pregnancy or the following year. Four out of five of those deaths are preventable, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health’s “Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Report 2021.” In response, a …

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