Merck earmarks $10 million to improve U.S. maternal health equity

The U.S. is the only high-income country in the world where maternal mortality is on the rise. Merck is working to change that—and just pledged another $10 million to the fight.

The new funding, pledged through the pharma giant's global Merck for Mothers initiative, specifically targets maternal health inequity in U.S. cities with above-average rates of maternal mortality for Black people and other people of color.