Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson recently announced scholarships awarded to nine women who will be trained to become doulas. A birth doula is a trained companion who provides continuous support to ...

Jamaa Birth Village plans to open satellite midwifery birthing locations across Missouri next year. Patients can receive midwifery and doula care and social support services in areas with few options ...

FERGUSON, Mo. — In Missouri, data shows black women have higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates than white women, one St. Louis area organization is trying to change that one life at a time.

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. As a coalition of progressive Missourians who work for health equity, to ...

Founder and CEO Okunsola M. Amadou of Jamaa Birth Village offers to take a photo as Kenny and Kiandrea Harper of St. Ann, listen to the heartbeat of their baby for the first time during their first ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Updated at 9:48 p.m. to include response from Mercy Health ...

Jamaa Birth Village founder Brittany “Tru” Kellman can explain her experience opening a midwifery clinic in the middle of a pandemic in one word: crazy. She doesn’t mean it in a bad way, though. As ...

Phillip Myton, left, 30, and Myrina Otey, 30, of St. Louis, talk to Brittany “Tru” Kellman, right, founder and director of Jamaa Birth Village, and receive baby care items at Jamaa on Wednesday, July ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Christmas came early for moms, soon-to-be moms, and families in ...