This new report on Alaska's maternal health landscape uses a strength-based approach to identify existing assets and resources in Alaska that can help improve birth outcomes and maternal health.

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While access to care remains a significant challenge, Alaska’s maternal health providers – obstetricians, maternal-fetal specialists, family physicians, midwives, nurses, and doulas – generously share their time and expertise, consulting across vast distances to support healthy births. Alaska’s Tribal Health System also plays a vital role in this connective network, delivering comprehensive, culturally responsive services from rural villages to urban centers.

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Through a regional approach, we conducted interviews with a diverse group of maternity care providers, supplemented with additional research and data on maternity care services and feedback from participants at the Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative Summit in March 2025.

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We hope the findings will serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders in their work toward
ensuring that all families have access to quality, supportive care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.