Mothers are often considered the anchors of our society, yet women in low-resource communities often lack access to safe, equitable, and quality maternal healthcare. Every year 4.5 million pregnant women and newborn children die; that’s one death every seven seconds. Access to maternal and infant healthcare is too often determined by location, socioeconomic status, and race. Inadequate maternal healthcare can result in undetected, severe complications for both the mother and child, including postnatal preeclampsia, sepsis, and infections. Most of these complications are detectable, and the overwhelming majority of maternal and child deaths are preventable through timely intervention and adequate care.