New York’s Mayor Eric Adams Announces the Citywide Doula Initiative

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By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated March 31, 2022

There’s a health crisis going on outside no man is safe from.

This is especially true in New York City where racial disparities in maternal health outcomes are stark. Black women are three times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a recent CNN report, newly-elected Mayor Eric

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