“Black women are three to four times more likely to die or experience some sort of complication after childbirth or during their pregnancy.” Rashana Keller, a registered nurse and educator in Women’s ...

Sofia Pimienta had a rough childbirth with her first son in 2020. The medical staff, she said, broke her water too early, administered an epidural early, and insisted on a C-section, which she didn’t ...

Howard County Health Department's Doula Partnership Program is helping to make sure someone is taken care of in all aspects of their pregnancy journey. The program started earlier this year to help ...

Inside Rikers Island doula program and how it's supporting vulnerable women in need. Four years after NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal pushed for doula care in jails, the Rikers Island Doula Program ...

A public doula program improved maternal health outcomes for Black and Latino recipients and cost the city very little to do it, according to a new audit from the city comptroller’s office. New York’s ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) -- Johns Hopkins University's School of Nursing provides a free program called the Birth Companions, offering doulas for expecting mothers seeking a more supportive birth ...

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Dozens of healthy babies have been born with the help of Every Baby Guilford’s community-based doula program. It’s been nine months since the program launched. It’s a ...

A new program at Texas Woman's University is training students to be birth workers. The university's doula program, a partnership with the Dallas-based nonprofit Delighted to Doula, graduated its ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Health Department announced Friday the first cohort of doulas selected to participate in the KC Doula Program. Starting Sept. 29, families can apply with their ...

Sofia Pimienta speaks at the graduation ceremony for the United Way of Tarrant County’s Community Doula Program in October 2024 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Pimienta had the support ...