The Code Blue Series | A Growing Threat: Non-Communicable Diseases on Maternal Health

Some 18 million women of reproductive age die each year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The compounding effects of NCDs complicate women’s experiences in many unseen ways, and the rise and gravity of NCDs pose a growing and often overlooked challenge to maternal health worldwide. The CODE BLUE series will highlight seven NCDs most threatening to maternal health: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and mental health disorders.

Please join the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, in partnership with EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in our first public event of the CODE BLUE series. Hear from experts on the effects of NCDs on women of reproductive age and maternal mortality, smart innovations and programs designed to reduce the burden of NCDs, as well as gaps in research, policy, and funding.