Black Families and Infants LA: Resources and Support

Part of the Resource Collection: Improving Birth Outcomes: Strengthening Awareness of and Support for State and Community Doula Networks Website

By: Black Infants & Families Los Angeles February 2, 2022

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The LA County Department of Public Health is leading a broad African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM) Initiative to combat the disproportionately high rates of Black/African American infant and maternal deaths countywide. Doulas are part of the solution

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