A life-saving programme helps new mothers manage high blood pressure from home

Safe Heart Motehrhood is credited with nearly eliminating the rate at which postpartum patients are readmitted for blood pressure complications within a week of giving birth. — PRATCHAYA LEELAPATCHAYANONT/Dreamstime/TNS

DANGEROUSLY high blood pressure is a leading cause of maternal death and hospital-readmission after birth, and is often preventable with routine screening.

But many new parents are too overwhelmed in the first days of their baby’s life to get themselves to extra medical appointments.