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Guahan Dula program trains doulas, seeks Medicaid coverage and village group sessions
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Jane Flores, director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, told the mayoral council the Guahan Dula birth-worker project has trained doulas to address high maternal and infant mortality; the bureau is seeking Medicaid reimbursement and will offer group doula sessions in villages this summer.
Jane Flores, director of the Guam Bureau of Women’s Affairs, briefed the Mayor’s Council of Guam on May 10 on the Guahan Dula birth-worker project, a locally tailored doula-training and outreach effort funded by the governor and a GEDA grant.
Flores said Guam’s maternal and infant mortality rates are high and cited the program’s public-health purpose: “Because as I mentioned, we have some of the highest rates of maternal and infant…
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