In Western North Carolina, many of the region’s 153,000 childbearing-aged women often must travel long distances for prenatal care and delivery at the area’s eight hospitals. Maternal health experts and mothers discuss the causes, impact and potential solutions to addressing WNC’s “maternal care desert.”
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