March 28, 2023 With Antelope Valley sprawling over...
African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM)
Making the News: The Rising Rates of Maternal Mortality and What it May Mean in a Post-Roe World
July 28, 2022 Reproductive rights, maternal...
Black Breastfeeding Week Highlights Racial Disparities and the Importance of Breastfeeding to Black Infants
September 30, 2021 If you’ve noticed a lot of images of...
Black Maternal Health Week Highlights the Role of Racism in Childbirth
April 29, 2021 Black women who do not smoke have worse...
African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM)
The Los Angeles County African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM) Initiative is a countywide coalition dedicated to addressing the disproportionately high rates of Black infant and maternal deaths and ensuring healthy and joyous births for Black families...
It Takes a Village to Reduce Black Maternal and Infant Mortality
April 13, 2021 Terika Hameth had heard all the grim...
Birth Equity Summit Explores the Link Between Racism and Black Infant Deaths
December 18, 2019 “We’re afraid,” Melissa Franklin confessed to the audience. “Of...
African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Crisis: Fighting for Hope
“This cannot be happening AGAIN,” I thought to myself as the labor pains grew more intense. Two years earlier, I had given birth to my first daughter, Hannah, at 27 weeks, 5 days — all 1 lb., 9 oz. of her. And here I was again, 27 weeks, 5 days pregnant and about to...
