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891 - B’More For Healthy Babies: A Look Back at 15 Years of Infant Mortality Reduction in Baltimore

891 - B’More For Healthy Babies: A Look Back at 15 Years of Infant Mortality Reduction in Baltimore

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About this episode: In the early 2000s, babies in Baltimore were dying at an alarming rate. In this episode: a look at Baltimore’s enormously successful health program to reduce infant mortality and close unacceptable disparities in infant death and how it has developed into a program that offers support and resources for individuals and families across the lifespan. Guests: is the vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a former Baltimore City Health Commissioner. is the assistant commissioner for Maternal and Child Health at the . is the director and clinical instructor of B’More For Healthy Babies at . Host: Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Show links and related content: —Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs —Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health —Baltimore’s Promise —Maryland Matters Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us or . Follow us: Here's our Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.

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