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Local Health Districts Launch Community Doula Program

 Stephanie Spencer from Urban Baby Beginnings. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM) About 700 women die from pregnancy-related complications each year according to the Centers for Disease Control. In Virginia, Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women. Health experts and lawmakers are working to address the persistent racial disparities regarding maternal health.  As part of those efforts, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts established a maternal health task force, seeking the help of health specialists from Urban Baby Beginnings and Birth in Color RVA to find solutions. Recently, the task force launched a program that offers free prenatal and postnatal care to the commonwealth’s most vulnerable by connecting people with community doulas. 

Books on Black motherhood to read this Mother s Day

Books on Black motherhood to read this Mother s Day Kala Herh, Shop TODAY © Provided by TODAY Our editors independently selected these items because we think you will enjoy them and might like them at these prices. If you purchase something through our links, we may earn a commission. Pricing and availability are accurate as of publish time. Learn more about Shop TODAY. This weekend, many will honor maternal figures in their lives on Mother’s Day. While motherhood is a difficult and complicated experience for any woman, Black mothers face specific risks and challenges brought on by systemic disparities around race and ethnicity.

The Health 202: The Johnson & Johnson pause did hurt vaccine acceptance, a poll finds

The Health 202: The Johnson & Johnson pause did hurt vaccine acceptance, a poll finds
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Black midwives matter in women s health care

As a midwife in South Florida with a practice that is 85-90% Black, it was difficult to know what to say to my clients in the wake of the murder of Ma’Khia Bryant. With International Day of the Midwife on May 5, we are reminded once again that state violence is a big factor in why Black midwives are necessary. According to HuffPost, in a White House roundtable during Black Maternal Health Week in April, Vice President Kamala Harris linked the same racial inequities that lead to police killing Black people to how Black women suffer higher rates of death in pregnancy, and childbirth.

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