'Her worst fear has come to pass': Midwife who advocated for Black women dies after giving birth

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Black midwife's death highlights racial gap in maternal mortality

The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities ...

A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...

Black maternal health advocate Dr. Janell Green Smith dies after giving birth

The work conducted by Green Smith was praised over the years by industry leaders such as the American College of ...
ABC 11 Raleigh, NC on MSN

Midwife, doctor dies during childbirth, reignites Black maternal health conversations in NC

Dr. Janell Green Smith advocated for Black people giving birth and just days into the new year, she died while giving birth ...
AOL

South African woman who claimed to give birth to 10 babies was not even pregnant, government says

A South African woman who claimed to give birth to 10 babies at the same time made the whole story up, according to the regional government. Gosiame Sithole, 37, was not even pregnant recently, the ...
WDET 101.9 FM

Black Birth Joy project amplifies Black maternal health through photography

Tiana Lashae created the “Black Birth Joy” project in 2024 to amplify positive Black maternal health stories through ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during ...