A federal grant will provide up to $2.4 million over the next four years to an effort by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to reduce the high rates of maternal and infant deaths in Arkansas' Delta region, UAMS announced Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is granting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences funds to develop programs reducing the rate of maternal and infant death in the Arkansas Delta.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive up to $2.4 million over the next four years to test prevention strategies for reducing high rates of maternal