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Bronx borough president says maternal-health gaps reflect systemic racism; office pushes doula directory
Summary
Borough president Vanessa Gibson told Bronx Talk maternal-health inequities for Bronx women stem from 'systemic racism,' pointing to insurance, transportation and social determinants of health; her office said it is building a doula directory with the New York State Department of Health.
Vanessa Gibson, borough president, said disparities in maternal health for Bronx women are rooted in systemic racism and gaps in access to prenatal and postnatal care.
Gibson told Bronx Talk that the borough's work included interviews with Black nurses, CNAs, birth workers, doulas and midwives, and cited the 1988 Childbearing Center of Morris Heights as an early local model. "It's been going on for quite…
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