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Black Maternal Mortality Rates in Chicago: Why the Recently Passed IL 1115 Waiver Is Not Enough

July 10th, 2021 - Sara Bovat

Sara Bovat ‘21 graduated with a MA in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy . She can be reached ... More »

Ethanol Cookstoves and Their Impact on Pregnant Women: Lessons from Nigeria

April 28th, 2017 - Riddhima Mishra

In Nigeria and much of the developing world, kerosene and biomass fuels are used to provide energy for cooking, heating, and lighting. Reliance on these fuels leads to high levels of household air pollution (HAP), which causes 4.3 million premature deaths worl... More »