HHS Winner of Hypertension Innovator Award Competition

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women’s Health (OWH), have awarded Heart Safe Motherhood in the HHS Hypertension Innovator Award Competition. This national competition was created to identify and reward innovative programs that ensure women with hypertension during pregnancy and/or postpartum receive appropriate monitoring and follow-up.

OWH is creating a national competition to identify effective, pre-existing programs that care for people with hypertension where the programs could be or are already applied to women with hypertension who are pregnant and/or postpartum. The goal of this innovative competition is to demonstrate sustainability and the ability to replicate and/or expand a program that provides effective monitoring and follow-up of hypertension for women who are pregnant and/or postpartum.

This competition is also one of the initiatives led by HHS and the Biden-Harris Administration to fulfill the President’s Unity Agenda and continue implementation of the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, a whole-of-government strategy to combat maternal mortality and improve maternal and infant health, particularly in underserved communities.