#7: Black Maternal Health with Rose Aka-James MPH

This episode, we sit down with Rose Aka-James, Program Coordinator with the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) and discuss BMMA’s objectives for improving black maternal health, available resources, and Black Maternal Health Week 2019.

The second annual Black Maternal Health Week is from April 11 – 17, 2019. You can check for events happening near you here: https://blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw/

Read BMMA’s policy agenda here: https://blackmamasmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BMMA-PolicyAgenda-Digital.pdf

Here’s the link to the article about the Georgia “Living Infants and Fairness Equality (LIFE)” Act – HB 481: https://rewire.news/legislative-tracker/law/georgia-living-infants-fairness-and-equality-life-act-hb-481/

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