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Walmart said the program is meant to address racial inequities in health care and improve the maternal and infant health of workers and their babies.FILE - A customer loads a car after shopping at a Walmart in Philadelphia, Nov. 17, 2021. 9:12 AM CDT October 24, 2023
Walmart said the program, which kicks off nationwide on Nov. 1, is meant to address racial inequities in health care and improve the maternal and infant health of its workers and their babies, especially in areas where access to care may be limited. Doulas are trained experts that must receive credentials from either the National Black Doulas Association or DONA International.
The expansion of the doula benefits comes as a new collection of reports from the March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization committed to ending preventable maternal health risks and death, shows that more than 5.6 million women live in counties with limited or no access to maternity care services, pushing families to find new ways to get needed care. The loss of obstetric units in hospitals was responsible for decreased maternity care access in nearly 1 in 10 counties across the U.
Other major U.S. companies are also offering full or partial doula services for employees, including CVS Health and Microsoft.
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