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NEW ORLEANS - Sixteen of Louisiana’s 49 hospitals that regularly deliver babies have met new standards aimed at improving the states dismal performance when it comes to deaths resulting from

More than a dozen hospitals in Louisiana have earned a new designation for high-quality pregnancy care, as part of a push by the state health department to decrease Louisiana’s high maternal mortality rate and disparities in care that put Black women’s health most at risk.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sixteen of the 49 Louisiana hospitals that regularly deliver babies have met new standards aimed at improving the state’s poor performance involving deaths resulting from pregnancy.

The Louisiana Department of Health protects and promotes health and ensures access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana.

Sixteen hospitals received the Louisiana Birth Ready Designation.