The Mother's Fight: Non-Profit Organizations

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THE MOTHERS FIGHT

The Mothers Fight is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect women who may be experiencing Postpartum Depression (PPD) with local professional and supportive resources within their community. In collaboration with other non-profit organization, Mothers fight provides free screening tools to local practitioners, hospitals, and community health centers for the purpose of connecting and identifying those individuals with PPD.
The Mothers Fight is composed of regional advocates dedicated to ensuring those resources are available to those healthcare networks, public health departments, and individual providers within the community. Rural community campaigns and resources are organized with local health departments to

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