Black Women’s Health Imperative President & CEO Linda Goler Blount on the Black maternal mortality crisis

By Motherly February 26, 2021

Black Women’s Health Imperative President & CEO, Linda Goler Blount talks to Liz about her accomplished career, why the health of black women is at a crisis-point, how her grandchild motivates her, and why scientific data matters when it comes to improving maternal mortality outcomes and other health disparities for black women.

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