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Walmart heir pledges $100M to halve US maternal mortality rate

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Walmart heiress Olivia Walton has committed $100 million over five years through her nonprofit, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, to significantly reduce the U.S. maternal mortality rate. Walton's personal experience with inadequate postpartum care, even with substantial resources, highlighted the crisis, particularly its disproportionate impact on Black and brown women. The initiative aims to drive change through advocacy, coalition-building, and grants, with initial funding directed to Arkansas and Kansas, while also emphasizing the need for more maternal health workers and improved employer benefits. AI

RANK_REASON Major philanthropic pledge from a high-profile individual to address a significant societal issue. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Walmart heir pledges $100M to halve US maternal mortality rate

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Emma Burleigh ·

    Walmart heir Olivia Walton didn’t get the postpartum care she needed. Now, she’s investing $100M to halve the U.S. maternal mortality rate in 5 years

    Olivia Walton, who founded Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, is using “every tool in the toolbox” to improve maternal health—and called on employers to ramp up their benefits.

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