Johanna Contreras raises awareness of maternal health disparities in Latin America
Brian Mastroianni interviews Dr. Johanna Contreras, founding member of the American Heart Association’s National Hispanic Latino Cardiovascular Collaborative and an associate professor at The Mount Sinai hospital in New York City.
Born in Colombia, Dr. Contreras has been spreading awareness of disparities in maternal health care throughout Latin America through initiatives like #BumpDay from the What to Expect Project, part of efforts by the American Heart Association and the Council of Heart Diseases in Women of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC) to call for improved maternal resources and health care access in Central and South America, supporting new mothers and their babies.
What are the challenges that mothers in Latin American countries face before, during, and after pregnancy? What enduring disparities pose adverse health outcomes for those who are most vulnerable in society, and where are we today in bridging those gaps?
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