The village of Mafi Dove, in southern Ghana, is home to around 5,000 people, almost none of whom were born here. Because of an archaic belief that childbirth in the village brings offense to the gods, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic halted the grand opening of Jamaa Birth Village’s Equal Access Midwifery Clinic in Ferguson from April to a date that is culturally more apropos, on Juneteenth. The clinic ...

Eunice Boke resides in Mpirani, Kilifi County, a village tucked away from civilisation. Four of her seven children were born with defects. Like many other mothers of children with disabilities in the ...

In the Ghanaian village of Mafi Dove, childbirth is not just discouraged; it is forbidden. For generations, women leave their homes in labour, sometimes in unbearable pain, to deliver their babies ...

Cara Lestenkof-Mandregan, 27, lives on St. Paul Island off the coast of Alaska. A woman who lives on a small, remote island off the coast of Alaska is opening up about her experience having to isolate ...

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.

FERGUSON, Mo. — Striving for a safer childbirth city is the mission of one St. Louis-area maternal health organization. Jamaa Birth Village specializes in midwifery and Doula care services and ...