Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Birth Center
Midwifery Care for Improved Pregnancy Outcomes in Refugee Immigrant Women
$45K Finalists

Atlanta Birth Center (1), the only birth center in the metro Atlanta area, is partnering with Embrace Refugee Birth Support to provide comprehensive midwifery care for refugee and immigrant women. Women will have the opportunity to benefit from a model of healthcare proven to optimize pregnancy outcomes, while receiving wrap-around services to address known systemic barriers for this underserved population, including transportation, interpretation services, one-on-one healthcare intake assistance, and birth support.

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Atlanta, GA
Clarkston, GA

Let’s build community trust and improve people’s health and well-being.

The NIH Build UP Trust Challenge will award as many as ten Finalists up to $45,000 each and the opportunity to win one of four $200,000 prizes for promising strategies that increase research participation and the adoption of medical care by building trust and improving engagement with historically underserved communities. Submissions have closed.
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