2021 ESG Report Healthy Community Promoting maternal health Call to Action Day to share our and morbidity numbers in the According to the Centers for commitment to addressing maternal country. This donation is expected Disease Control and Prevention, health disparities in America. We to impact 10,000 mothers across Black women in the U.S. are announced a $1.74M investment nine states every year that the new three times more likely to die in a range of programs designed machines are in use. As long as the due to pregnancy-related causes to help expectant parents — and maternal health crisis in our country compared to white women. Black women in particular, safely disproportionately impacts Black Overall, the U.S. has the highest navigate pregnancy, birth and women, we will continue to do our maternal mortality rate among postpartum care. part by investing in community- developed countries; as many as based programs that help all birthing 60 percent of those deaths are CVS Health also donated 1,000 people receive the high-quality care likely preventable. In December blood pressure monitoring they need and deserve. 2021, we joined the Biden-Harris machines to health care systems Administration’s Maternal Health in counties that have some of the highest maternal mortality Every Mother Counts: 650K Funding to produce and promote a library of free, accessible and trustworthy digital content from doulas, midwives, OB-GYNs and patient educators, focused on empowering pregnant people across the maternity-care journey. National Association of Free America’s Essential & Charitable Clinics: $250K Hospitals: $847K CVS Foundation grant to CVS Foundation grant to offer educational and clinical establish a new learning training for providers to help collaborative to improve identify Black patients at risk obstetric outcomes in safety- for preeclampsia. net hospitals that have maternal mortality rates above • 84 clinicians will complete the national average, especially skill-building training among Black patients. sessions during the project • 1,200 pregnant and birthing • 12 hospitals selected to persons will have access participate in a robust to highly trained providers learning network annually 49