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Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

Natalie Skowlund Cronkite News//December 13, 2022//

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Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

Natalie Skowlund Cronkite News//December 13, 2022//

Latisa Ratliff holds her daughter in her living room in Tempe on Nov. 16. As a birth doula and a mother of three, Ratliff encourages her...

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Tags: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, postpartum, National Partnership for Women & Families, maternal mortality, Arizona, Health Affairs, labor, doulas, Pregnancy, Doula Community Advisory Committee, birth, Tempe, Medicaid-funded doula programs, Arizona Department of Health Services

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