Kate Menard, MD, MPH, Upjohn Distinguished Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, has been named to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. She will serve a three-year term.
Kate Menard, MD, MPH, Upjohn Distinguished Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, has been named to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. She will serve a three-year term. The Committee is comprised of about 10 public health and clinical professionals and has the following charter:
Objectives and Scope of Activities: ACIMM advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on department activities, partnerships, policies, and programs directed at reducing infant mortality, maternal mortality, and severe maternal morbidity, and improving the health status of infants and women before, during, and after pregnancy. The Committee provides advice on how best to coordinate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governmental efforts designed to improve infant mortality, related adverse birth outcomes, and maternal health, as well as influence similar efforts in the private and voluntary sectors. The Committee provides guidance and recommendations on the policies, programs, and resources required to address the disparities and inequities in infant mortality, related adverse birth outcomes and maternal health outcomes, including maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. With its focus on underlying causes of the disparities and inequities seen in birth outcomes for women and infants, the Committee advises the Secretary on the health, social, economic, and environmental factors contributing to the inequities and proposes structural, policy, and/or systems level changes.