A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Native American women in Arizona are dying of pregnancy-related causes at a rate of four times higher than white women. A Navajo midwife is working to change those dire statistics.
KJZZ’s Laurel Morales (@laurelgwyn) reports.
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