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- 2024: St. Louis officials promote Black doula care by working with local clinic > read more.
- 2024: Missouri doulas give up wages to serve women on Medicaid. Legislators hope to fix that > read more
- 2024: In Ghana, Okunsola Amadou dreamed of a birth center. She built it in Ferguson. > read more.
- 2022: Birth center and postpartum retreat in Ferguson to address disparities in care > read more
- 2019: Ferguson Birth Village Offers Black Mothers A Safe Space, Trust and Support. > listen now
- Jamaa Birth Village Founder Calls Mercy’s Ferguson Plans 'Predatory' And 'Opportunistic'. > read more
- 2018:Ferguson's Tru Kellman Finds Her True Calling. >


- Ferguson's Jamaa Birth Village is Laboring to Cut Maternal Mortality Rates For Black Mothers.
- Jamaa Birth Village Closes on New Home After Anonymous 40k Donation.




2019: This is not a new crisis: What's being done to save the lives of black mothers. > read more

2024: Center helps secure Medicaid coverage for doulas in Missouri > read more

2022: Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson is expanding > read more

2019: Black women are facing a childbirth mortality crisis. These doulas are trying to help > read more

2018: American women are still dying at alarming rates while giving birth.

Local doctor, midwife weigh in on ‘alarming’ number of pregnancy-related deaths.

2024: Creating a Movement: Jamaa Birth Village Birth Center & Postpartum Retreat Haven > read more

2024: Providing a safe haven for pregnant Black women > read more